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Algeria: MP Resigns in Protest against Bouteflika’s Fifth Term Bid

Algerian Louisa Ighilahriz, a prominent resistance figure, has announced her resignation from the upper house of parliament, citing her opposition to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s plan to run for a fifth term in office in 2019. “I refuse this because he is not the actual ruler. Other people are ruling in his name,” she told Algerian […]

Sub-Saharan Africa to fall into recession in 2020—World Bank

The World Bank has warned that the rapidlyspreading coronavirus outbreak is expected to push sub-Saharan Africa into recession in 2020 for the first time in 25 years. The International lender’s Africa’s Pulse report released on Tuesday said the region’s economy will contract 2.1% to 5.1% from growth of 2.4% last year, and that the coronavirus […]

Egypt to be back in the AU in October

Cairo could soon be occupying its seat at the African Union (AU) in October according to a member of the high level panel on Egypt. The panel is headed by former Malian President, Alpha Oumar Konare, and it visited Egypt in order to have a firsthand knowledge of the political crisis in Egypt and the […]