The Amman-based Think Tank, Arab Reform Initiative, released its annual Arab Democracy Index showing that Morocco continues to lead for the fourth consecutive year, followed by Tunisia and Jordan. The report, using surveys, measures the democratic transition process in Jordan, Bahrain, Tunisia, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Kuwait, Lebanon, Egypt and Morocco. Kuwait came fourth followed […]
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye dismissed Minister Cheikh Oumar Diagne on Tuesday, December 31, following public outrage over comments he made labeling Senegalese riflemen, who served in France’s colonial campaigns, as “traitors.” The remarks ignited widespread condemnation in Senegal, a former French colony. During a December 21 interview on the local television station Fafa TV, […]
General Mahamat Idriss Déby vowed Sunday to free all prisoners in a major move that will seal the national dialogue launched August 20 in a bid to reconcile all Chadians. “Whether on peace, social cohesion and national reconciliation, the form of the State, the Constitution, institutional reforms and the electoral process, fundamental rights and freedoms, […]
