A key member of the Egyptian parliament has tabled a proposal calling for institutional boycott of Turkish products, in response to Ankara’s policy in neighboring Libya that Egypt views as threats to its interests. Tension has recently flared up between Cairo and Ankara after Turkey concluded in November a maritime and security agreement with the […]
The arrest of novelist Boualem Sansal took place three months ago against the backdrop of worsening ties between Algeria and France, following Paris recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara. Through this arrest, the Algerian regime sent three messages to Sansal, France and Algerians, wrote former French ambassador Xavier Driencourt. In his first op-ed on […]
About one hundred demonstrators have joined the members of the family of Ahmed Khalil in a sit-in organized in front of UNHCR headquarters in Tindouf to demand answers about the whereabouts of ex-polisario leader, kidnapped in 2009 by the Algerian security services. Mr. Khalil was abducted ten years ago in Algiers where he was expected […]
