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ALGERIA: POLICE arrests anti-Bouteflika protesters

More than a dozen anti-Bouteflika protesters have been arrested by the police ahead of a campaign rally in Tizi-Ouzou, in the Berber region of Kabylie east of the capital of the National Liberation Front (FLN). Dozens of students were angry with the 77 year old incumbent president’s desire to bid for a fourth term in […]

Morocco’s King, world leaders express solidarity with France

France has been targeted Friday night by a deadly terrorist attack, the second in less than a year, that left some 128 dead and 300 injured. The attacks prompted an immediate outpouring of solidarity and sympathy from around the world. King Mohammed VI of Morocco was among the first World leaders to send a message […]

Had Morocco offered Gambia’s Jammeh Asylum in Return for Stepping Down?

Local media reports have said that Morocco is mediating in Gambia’s political crisis offering the defeated President Yahya Jammeh asylum in return for accepting election defeat and stepping down. The news was relayed by French speaking news website, Le Desk, which reported that Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita and Head of Morocco’s Foreign […]