Gold and silver seized in Oujda on August 7 by the DGSN.

Tunisia: President presses ahead with his purge, firing ambassador to Washington, Governor of Sfax

Tunisian President Kais Saied is continuing the purge at top state level he started since he provoked a political crisis late last month when he assumed all executive power. The latest dismissals, announced on Tuesday, concern the country’s ambassador to Washington Nejmeddine Lakhal, and the Governor of Sfax, a key Tunisian province, Anis Oueslati. No […]

Sahara: EU reiterates non-recognition of pseudo-SADR

The European Union Foreign Policy Chief, Josep Borrell, has reiterated the EU’s non-recognition of the so-called Sahrawi Republic. “None of the member states of the European Union recognizes the SADR,” Borrell wrote in a response to an MEP, stressing that its “participation in the [EU-AU] Summit does not change the position of the European Union […]

Cash-strapped Algeria Continues to Spend Lavishly on Defense, SIPRI

As it heeds straight towards the depletion of its oil-money coffers, Algeria imposed austerity measures, cutting subsidies and introducing taxes, while maintaining lavish spending on armament unchanged. Algeria spent $1.686 billion on defense that is a 0.4% increase compared to last year, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) said in its latest report on global […]