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Algeria’s Current Fiscal Crisis Evokes Late 1980s Turmoil, Study Says

The Algerian economy has been heavily battered by the slump in oil prices evoking the catastrophic events of the late 1980s which plunged the country into a spiral of a decade of violence, said a new study entitled, The Impact of Low Oil Prices on Algeria, published by the Center on Global Energy Policy. The […]

Paul Kagame reveals plans to retire

Rwanda’s longtime leader Paul Kagame announced Wednesday discussion within ruling party to find his successor as man who has been lately re-elected as chair of the party in power says his retirement as inevitable. The 65-year old strongman who has been leading the eastern African country for 23 years made the announcement during a joint […]

Libya: Haftar forces free seized vessel with Turkish crew

Eastern Libyan forces, aligned with retired military General Khalifa Haftar, have released a vessel flying a Grenada flag with a Turkish crew seized few days ago amid tensions between eastern Libyan authorities and Ankara. The vessel arrested on Saturday off Libyan coast was allowed on Monday to resume its journey to Alexandria, Egypt, where it […]