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Sahara-UN: Algeria in collision course with Security Council & the U.S.

The Algerian regime has put itself on a direct collision course with the UN Security Council and the U.S., the penholder of the resolutions on the Sahara, after deciding not to participate in the Sahara roundtable meetings that had brought together Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania and the Polisario Front. In the resolution 2602 (2021) adopted Friday […]

Morocco’s King addresses messages to presidents of Gabon, RDC

King Mohammed VI has addressed messages to President of Gabon Ali Bongo Ondimba and to President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi. The royal message were conveyed by Minister of Economic Inclusion Younes Sekkouri. The audiences with the Gabonese Head of State in Libreville and with President Tshisekedi in Kinshasa provided an […]

Niger severs ties with La Francophonie, denounces it as ‘tool to defend French interests’

The Nigerien military government has announced the suspension of all cooperation with the International Organization of Francophone nations (OIF), citing France’s utilization of the OIF to defend French interest. Niger has cut ties with the OIF, Nigerien military leaders said, as the West African country has disengaged from multiple foreign partners since the military seized […]