Algeria repression against journalists & human rights advocates

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger launch joint military force to combat Sahel terrorism

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have officially launched a joint military force aimed at tackling Islamist insurgencies and cross-border insecurity, deepening their security cooperation outside the framework of West Africa’s ECOWAS bloc. The new formation, called the United Force of the Alliance of Sahel States (FU-AES), was unveiled on Dec 20 at an airbase in […]

France: IS Claims Slaughter of Police Couple

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the murder of a police commander and his wife at Magnanville in the Ile-de-France region, on Monday night, reports say. A police commander aged 42 was stabbed to death in front of his house around 9pm local time by a man who reportedly pledged allegiance to the […]

New debacle for Algeria in African Union’s Peace and Security Council elections

Algeria’s foreign minister Ahmed Attaf returned empty handed from the African Union Peace and Security Council elections in Addis Ababa, where Algeria failed to take Morocco’s seat. The resounding defeat in the election of the African Union most important body reflects the inaudible voice Algeria has in a rapidly developing continent, where rhetoric is no […]