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Former French President criticizes Macron for Algeria infatuation

“We risk losing everything! We will win Algeria’s trust but we will lose that of Morocco,” thus spoke former French President Nicolas Sarkozy deploring the pro-Algeria bias of the current French head of state Emmanuel Macron. In an interview with Le Figaro, Sarkozy lambasted Macron for his shortsighted Maghreb foreign policy in which he sought […]

Libya: ’Libya not ready for democracy,’ Haftar

Presidential hopeful and head of the Libyan east-based army has told Paris-based Jeune Afrique that the North African country is not yet ready for democracy as the country marches towards elections later this year in a move to end years of instability. In an interview with the magazine, Haftar endorsed by the Tobruk-based House of […]

Burkina Faso Votes Law Backing Vigilantes Fighting Jihadists

A majority of lawmakers in Burkina Faso voted a new law providing for extending funding and training to local vigilantes in response to the growing firepower of jihadist groups in the Sahel nation. Vigilante groups called koglweogo – “guardians of the bush” in the Moore language – will be the first beneficiaries of the fund. […]