Moroccan & Greek FM Bourita and Nikos Dendias

Egypt asking Tunisia to welcome President Assad at Arab League Summit

Egypt is pushing Tunisia to invite embattled President Bashar al-Assad to the Arab League summit to take place in the North African country in March though Tunis denied last month that it extended an invitation to the Syrian leader, The New Arab reports. The London-based media’s Arabic edition Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui met with […]

Niger’s junta scraps security accords with EU after turning to Russia for military cooperation

Despite fighting two jihadist insurgencies, Niger’s military leaders have announced they were scrapping two key security and defense agreements that the West African nations signed with the European Union to help fight the escalating violence in Africa’s Sahel region. Niger’s junta revoked the important military accords inked with the EU on Monday (4 December), which […]

Algeria’s Sahara-focused diplomacy, successive failures 

Algeria’s recent high-profile inauguration of Somalia’s new embassy in Algiers reflects a calculated diplomatic strategy centered entirely on garnering international support for its Sahara position, highlighting the singular focus of Algerian foreign policy. This charm offensive is not an isolated event. It is part of a long-standing Algerian diplomatic tradition: investing time, energy, and resources […]