An Algerian air strike killed three Sahrawis from the Polisario-run camps near Tindouf as they were desperately digging for gold, a civil society Sahrawi group FORSATIN reported. The group was seeking a source of revenue amid harsh conditions in the camps and repression by Algerian security services and the Polisario militias, said FORSATIN which backs […]
Rising costs of road freight across West Africa are threatening to derail the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), exporters and trade experts warn, as unofficial fees and bureaucratic bottlenecks mount along key trade corridors. A recent case study by the West African Association for Cross-Border Trade (WACTAF) reveals that transporting a truckload of goods […]
The Amman-based Think Tank, Arab Reform Initiative, released its annual Arab Democracy Index showing that Morocco continues to lead for the fourth consecutive year, followed by Tunisia and Jordan. The report, using surveys, measures the democratic transition process in Jordan, Bahrain, Tunisia, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Kuwait, Lebanon, Egypt and Morocco. Kuwait came fourth followed […]
