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Germany calls on Algeria to release writer Boualem Sansal

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged Algerian authorities to release Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, who was sentenced to five years in prison in July for remarks questioning Algeria’s colonial-era borders. Sansal, 80, was arrested in Algiers in November 2024 after publicly stating that western Algeria had historically belonged to Morocco and that France had redrawn borders […]

Switzerland supports a “just, lasting, mutually acceptable” political solution to Sahara issue

President of the Swiss National Council, Eric Nussbaumer, expressed, Tuesday in Rabat, his country’s support for a “just, lasting and mutually acceptable” political solution to the regional conflict over the Moroccan Sahara. “Switzerland supports the efforts of the United Nations and the work of the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for the Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, […]

Ethiopia: Speaker of Upper House of Parliament steps down

The Speaker of the Upper House of the Ethiopian Parliament, Keria Ibrahim, resigned from her post on Monday June 8. The resignation is an apparent protest at the postponement of planned elections in the Horn of Africa country over the coronavirus. Keria Ibrahim accuses the Prime Minister and his government of breaking the law and […]