Algerian activist Karim tabbou

Egyptian Opposition Lawmakers Slam Sisi’s Fiscal Reforms

Lawmakers in Egypt on Sunday criticized President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s recent fiscal reforms. The 25-30 Alliance, a bloc of a small number of opposition MPs, demanded in a statement that Sisi cancel what it called “errant economic decisions” affecting the lower and middle classes. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has revived the North African nation’s […]

Djibouti hosts reconciliation dialogue between Somalia, Somaliland

The presidents of Somalia and the former province of British Somalia that seceded in 1991, called Somaliland, met face to face for the first time on Sunday June 14 in Djibouti. Officially, it was a “consultation summit” intended, above all, to open negotiations on the conflictual relations between the two capitals. After being greeted on […]

Polisario threatens to sap UN peace efforts in Sahara

Polisario militia leader Ibrahim Ghali has bluntly announced that his men are ready to sap the UN peace process by threatening to block Morocco’s border crossing with Mauritania known as El Guerguarat, adding in a pitiful monologue that the separatist group was ready to go back to war. The very fact of sending armed men […]