Russia, which has vehemently opposed NATO intervention that overthrew the decades-long Libyan dictator Gaddafi, sees new opportunities in the power vacuum in Libya where it tacitly endorses the all-powerful Libyan General Khalifa Haftar. As part of a larger Russian strategy to bolster its presence in Libya, and through it in the Mediterranean, Haftar, who leads […]
The Gambia has decided to open a consulate in Morocco’s southern city of Dakhla. The decision was announced Thursday in Rabat by Foreign Minister Mamadou Tangara following his talks with Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita. “We discussed the opening of this consulate (…) We will work together to give concrete substance to the visions of our […]
Algerian security used excess force to repress a march by thousands of residents in Relizane, a northwestern Algerian city 285 km from the capital, who waled through mud-filled streets on Saturday to protest what they described as the «dark face of the new Algeria» after weeks of devastating floods left the region isolated and without […]
