As consultations are still ongoing to form a new government in Algeria in a bid to address the wrath of the people standing against the extension of President Bouteflika’s term that the protesters call a “fourth term bis”, the Bouteflika clan must face another front of “resistance” from within. Actually, 72 high dignitaries of the […]
Algeria has forced over 60 refugees from Syria and Palestine from Oran to the desert border of Niger where they were abandoned to their fate, Syrian media reported. This constitutes a clearcut case of refoulement which is banned under the Geneva convention, according to human rights NGOs, which deplore the media blackout regarding the fate […]
As Chadians head to the polls on Monday (6 May) to conclude a three-year political transition, the country’s transitional leader, General Mahamat Idriss Déby, is widely expected to win the presidential race easily, especially after the junta had violently repressed much of the opposition. Idriss Deby seized power three years ago succeeding his father, Idriss […]
