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EU very worried about Algeria’s economic future, a 2019 note states; current situation far more explosive

The European Union has, in a confidential note, put the finger on the main problems of Algeria in particular the absence of economic strategy.   EU economists refer to Algeria as “a ticking time bomb” when talking about the “most unstable country in North Africa after Libya,” says a French expert in an analysis he […]

DRC: East African regional Force starts pullout

The East African Community (EAC) regional force led by Kenya has begun its withdrawal from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after Kinshasa accused the force of failing its mission. The process began Sunday December 3 and it comes after Congolese authorities refused to renew the mandate of the force which arrived November last year […]

Libya: parliamentary polls to be held simultaneously with presidential election runoff

The runoff of the Dec. 24 presidential elections in Libya will take place on the same day as parliamentary elections, Emad Al-Sayeh head of the High National Elections Commission (HNEC), told media on Sunday. Libyans are expected to head to the polls on Dec. 24 to elect a new president, a decade after the former […]