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Algeria: Newly elected President took oath

Algeria’s newly elected President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been inaugurated this Thursday, one week after unpopular polls. The 74-year old made his maiden speech to the nation in front of a myriad of civil and military authorities and in the presence of foreign diplomats accredited to the North African country, the state-run news agency APS reported. […]

Algeria: Calls mounting for release of Ahmadi religious minority members

Algerian authorities must release immediately and drop all charges against several members of the Ahmadi minority religious group, who were arrested recently for peacefully exercising their right to freedom of religion, said Amnesty International in a press release issued over the weekend. On 6 June 2022, the First Instance Tribunal in Bejaia charged 24 members […]

Geopolitics of Niger coup: France, EU and ECOWAS are big losers

The coup in Niger has drawn strong condemnation from much of the international community, but most notably the United States and France, which have troops stationed there, as Niger’s putschists on Monday accused the former colonial ruler, France, of wanting to “intervene militarily” to reinstate the country’s deposed president. West African leaders on Sunday (30 […]