It is clear that the ailing and embattled president Abdelaziz Bouteflika has not been able to deflate mass demonstrations or convince angry protesters demanding his departure, change, inclusive growth and democracy. After weeks of popular protests, Mr. Bouteflika, 82, announced on Monday that he would not run for a fifth term and postponed elections scheduled […]
President Mahmoud Abbas signed on Wednesday Palestine’s official application to become party to the Rome Statute of the Hague-based International Criminal Court and other principles governing the functioning of the court. He also signed some twenty other international conventions, relating in particular to “war crimes,” “crimes against humanity” and cluster weapons. The move to […]
The leaders of several countries continue to convey their wishes of speedy recovery to King Mohammed VI following the heart surgery he underwent on June 14. In this vein, King Mohammed VI received a phone call from Sultan of Oman Haitham Bin Tariq Bin Taimur, the Moroccan royal office said in a statement on Wednesday. […]
