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Russia-Africa Summit: Moscow refuses Polisario’s participation, another slap on the face for Algerian regime

The ruling Algerian junta has suffered another major diplomatic setback in St. Petersburg at the 2nd Russia-Africa summit after Moscow, Algeria’s ally, refused the participation of the Polisario, a phantom entity, in the high-profile international gathering. As they excluded the secessionists from the first Russia-Africa Summit in 2019, Russian authorities have not invited Algeria-backed separatist […]

France’s Macron pledges security, environment cooperation with Kenya

President Emmanuel Macron of France Wednesday vowed to establish security and environment cooperation between his country and Kenya as he kicked off the third and last leg of his East African tour that brought him to Djibouti and Ethiopia. “We want to improve cooperation in the region from the security and defense point of view,” […]

Algeria’s FX Reserves Tumble 50 pc in Q1 2015 Raising Social Concerns

Algeria’s foreign exchange reserves plummeted by half in the first quarter of 2015 due to the fall in global crude oil prices, the country’s central bank said. The forex reserves went down by $ 19.02 billion to $159.9 billion in the first quarter of 2015, Algerian central bank added, noting that the sales of hydrocarbons […]