Mauritanian new president Ould Ghezouani

Tunisia, France to hold High Cooperation Council early June

Tunisia and France will hold June 2-3 the third joint High Council of Cooperation to be marked by a number of agreements. French Premier Jean Castex will head the French delegation for the high-level conference that takes place every two years under the chairmanship of the two countries’ Prime Ministers. The third joint High Council […]

Niger’s junta chief talks ‘security cooperation’ with Russia’s Putin amid Western fears

Russian President Vladimir Putin and the chief of Niger’s military junta, Abdourahmane Tiani, had an important phone call on Tuesday (26 March), the Kremlin has revealed, adding that both men discussed “security cooperation” and security concerns in the Sahel region. The Russian leader and the chairman of Niger’s National Council also reportedly spoke about “strengthening […]

FAO data challenges Tebboune’s wheat self-sufficiency mirage

Algeria may be heading for its best cereal harvest in years, but fresh data from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and recent import trends suggest President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s repeated promises of wheat self-sufficiency remain a mirage. The FAO forecasts Algeria’s 2025-26 cereal harvest at around 5 million tons, far below the 9 million […]