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What Algeria’s football debacle tells about regime’s sportswashing?

Algeria was eliminated from the African Cup of Nations (AFCON 2023) after a defeat by Mauritania, in a football debacle that many observers saw coming except the military regime and its propaganda machine along with many Algerians who are trapped in a disinformation bubble. Desperate for whatsoever gains to deviate attention from the dire economic […]

Egypt: Middle East Largest Military Base Inaugurated

President Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated Wednesday Bernice military base, the largest in the country and the Middle East, set to emphasize Egypt’s influence in the Red Sea. Located on the Red Sea coast along Egypt’s southern borders, the Bernice base covers 150,000-acre and is house to a naval base, an airbase, an army hospital, some combat […]

France urges all parties to Sahara conflict to return to round table process, reiterates support for autonomy plan

Despite the frost in Rabat-Paris relations, France has leant towards Morocco’s stance at the UN urging all parties, including Algeria, to resume the round tables process with a view to finding a political solution to the Sahara conflict, while stressing the pre-eminence of the autonomy plan. “I reaffirm the historic and straightforward and steady support […]