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Algeria’s Abdelaziz Bouteflika Fires Two Top Army Generals

Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika last weekend dismissed two powerful army generals, the official news agency APS said. The generals, Said Bey and Lahbib Chentouf, had been in charge of the first and second military regions. Algeria is divided into six military regions. Algeria’s army has long been considered a behind-the-scene decision-maker. The presidency did not […]

China’s oil imports from Africa plunge amid shift to suppliers in Gulf, Asia and Russia — report

Africa once accounted for more than a third of Chinese oil imports, but now major African oil suppliers are struggling with declining production and exports to China that has found other markets due to geopolitical considerations, infrastructure issues, and domestic political problems, according to a recent report by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. China […]

Is Morocco about to face a third coronavirus wave?

Morocco has taken the painful decision of extending the night curfew in Ramadan due to fears of a surge in infections as new virus variants emerge in the country. Moroccan health professors have warned that local variants have emerged although the health ministry down played the phenomenon, saying that these new virus strains are a […]