Algerian officials continue to issue statements calling for reviving the paralyzed Maghreb Union, a five-member regional grouping also comprising Morocco, Mauritania, Tunisia and Libya. Recently, President Abdelaziz Boutefika sent messages on the 29th anniversary of the Union to Maghreb leaders urging collective efforts to reinvigorate the union. Few days later, Algeria’s Foreign Minister said, during […]
Former Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré (“ATT”), who ruled the country from 2002 to 2012 before being overthrown in a military coup, died during the night of Monday 9 to Tuesday 10 November in Turkey, at the age of 72, a relative and a doctor reported. “Amadou Toumani Touré died during the night of […]
Greece has announced on July 9, a three-month suspension of asylum hearings for migrants arriving by sea from North Africa, in response to a recent surge in arrivals from Libya. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis declared the move during a parliamentary address on Wednesday, emphasizing a hardened stance on illegal migration and warning that all unauthorized […]
