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Algeria: President more isolated than ever (U.S. Think-Thank)

The June 12 parliamentary election held in Algeria was supposed to rescue the regime from its crisis of legitimacy, but instead it reinforced its lack of legitimacy with the return of discredited political parties that had strongly supported former Pdt. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, ousted in 2019, says the Washington-based Middle East Institute (MEI). In an analysis […]

Tunisia: Wife of late Essebsi passes away on election day

Tunisia’s former first lady died Sunday as Tunisians were casting their vote to elect the successor to her husband, Beiji Caid Essebsi who passed away late July. Hafedh Caid Essebsi, one of the late leader’s sons announced the death of his mother, Chadlia Farhat Essebsi, 85, in a facebook post. “My mother Chadlia, widow of […]

OIF questions accuracy of Guinea’s electoral rolls

L’ Organisation Internationale de La Francophonie (OIF) on Monday warned Guinea’s electoral authorities over the accuracy and credibility of the electoral rolls as the country is preparing for  polls. The OIF, the francophone organization equivalent of the Commonwealth, said the registers included nearly 2.49 million “problematic” names, including duplicated names, people who were too young […]