Northern Mali in Chaos

UK Maintains Flight Ban on Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh Airport

Egypt’s tourism revenues were hard hit by a travel ban on its popular winter sun destination of Sharm el-Sheikh, which continues to be maintained by the UK. A charm offensive has been launched by Egyptian authorities to highlight the attractions of other Red Sea resorts since the UK banned its airlines to land in Sharm […]

Morocco’s Army Reportedly Negotiating Purchase of Turkish T-129 Helicopters

A delegation of the Royal Armed Forces recently visited the Ankara-based Turkish Aerospace Industries headquarters to negotiate the purchase of T-129 attack helicopters, the much coveted aircraft by international air forces. According to FAR-Maroc, a website specializing in defense issues, senior officers of the Royal Armed Forces have just made a trip to Turkey to […]

COVID-19 does not halt repression against militants, journalists in Algeria

The Covid-19 pandemic, which affected so far 1,423 and killed 173 people in Algeria, does not prevent the Algerian justice system from punishing “Hirak” activists and journalists. On Monday, Abdelouahab Fersaoui, president of the Rassemblement-Actions-Jeunesse (RAJ), an association at the forefront of the anti-regime popular movement, known as “Hirak”, was handed a one year in […]