Omar El Bachir in a cage during his trial

ECOWAS mission leaves Guinea-Bissau after president Embalo’s threat of expulsion

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) have ended their mission to Guinea-Bissau after the country’s president threatened to expel the delegation. The mission, which arrived in the country on 21 February, aimed to help political stakeholders reach an agreement on a […]

Constitutional referendum in Algeria, people’s strong message of regime rejection

The Algerian people has sent a strong message of regime rejection by abstaining from a plebiscite on constitutional reform which had only a turnout of 23.7%, Algeria’s lowest ever for a major poll.   The snub from the November 1 constitutional referendum, coupled with the worrying state of health of the President, plunges Algeria into […]

Algeria: Why El Chorouk newspaper launches savage rant against Trump & Washington

Algerian newspaper El-Chorouk, mouthpiece of the ruling military regime, has unleashed a vicious rant against the United States and its President Donald Trump, labelling America as “The biggest terrorist State in the world”. The daily slammed U.S. imperialism and foreign policy around the world, especially in the Middle Est, describing Trump in scurrilous and vitriolic […]