Niger’s military junta, which took power in a coup in July 2023, has released around 50 individuals, including former government ministers and soldiers linked to past coup attempts, following recommendations from a national conference in February. Those freed include high-profile figures such as former oil minister Mahamane Sani Issoufou, ex-defense minister Kalla Moutari, and former […]
The latest UN resolution adopted by the Security Council on the Sahara means that the notions of “independence” or “self-determination referendum” are no longer feasible, underlined the Peruvian Solidarity Council with the so-called SADR, the polisario’s self-declared Sahrawi Republic, supported financially, militarily and diplomatically by Algeria. Resolution 2468, which extended the MINURSO mandate for another […]
The UK’s Financial Times drew bleak prospects for Algeria whose ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika prepares for a fifth term that risks prolonging Algeria’s economic and political crisis. Maintaining Bouteflika, who has been ruling Algeria since 1999, as President “ threatens to prolong the political paralysis in a country facing the monumental challenge of transforming its […]
