Libyan PM Abdel-Hamid-Dbeibah- Moroccan FM Nasser bourita

Tindouf Camps: French NGO condemns military recruitment of children

The International Alliance for the Defense of Human Rights and Freedoms (AIDL) has renewed its total condemnation of the recruitment and exploitation of children for military purposes in the Tindouf camps in Algeria. According to this French NGO in charge of defending human rights and public freedoms, “this is an international crime that requires international […]

Algeria: Titanic changes at Air Algérie

Algerian Minister of Transport announced earlier this week a major change at the state-owned airline which will be transformed into a corporation made of different companies. Transport Minister Boudjema Talai said the change is necessary in light of the audits which unveiled “a catastrophic management” of the company. “On the basis of the results of […]

Arab Spring and Burma Transitions: Different Societies but Same Hopes and Aspirations

The transitions away from authoritarian rule in North Africa and Burma (also known as Myanmar) have often been compared to one another, highlighting major challenges but also reasons for hope. When Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and leader of Burmese opposition, addressed the Clinton Global Initiative Conference in New York in 2011, […]