Former Mauritanian president ould abdel Aziz

Washington & EU Support Algerian People’s Right to Protest

The United States and the European Union have called on the Algerian authorities to respect the rights of Algerian people to peaceful protest, freedom of assembly and of speech as the oil-rich country is rocked by popular protests against the candidacy of ailing and absent Pdt Abdelaziz Bouteflika for a fifth term. The situation in […]

Europe: Pope Chides West for Trying to Impose Own View of Democracy to Iraq, Libya

Head of the Roman Catholic Church in an interview published Monday rebuked the West for trying to impose its own style of democracy in countries such as Libya, Iraq while ignoring long-established political and cultural structures. Pope Francis speaking to France-based Roman Catholic paper La Croix indicated that Western powers in their drive to export […]

Morocco Bolsters Land Forces with Abrams Tanks

Morocco is forging ahead with its plan to revitalize its land forces with the reception recently of another cargo of US-made M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks, Moroccan media reported. The new batch was received in the port of Casablanca as part of an order worth $1 billion providing for the supply of 220 Abrams tanks. […]