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Algeria: Defense Ministry denies Army Chief of Staff sacked amid feud with Bouteflika’s entourage

The Algerian defense ministry Monday brushed aside a statement from President Abdeelaziz Bouteflika’s office that Deputy Defense Minister, General Ahmed Gaïd Salah has been sacked. The office of the 82-year old President who is also Defense Minister reportedly circulated a statement announcing the dismissal of Salah. The statement said Bouteflika appointed General Said Bey to […]

Football: Moroccan club defeats Algerian regime & exposes its irrationality & violation of sportsmanship

The Confederation of African football has cancelled the first leg of semi-final of CAF Cup match that was scheduled Sunday in Algiers between USM Alger and Moroccan team Renaissance Sportive de Berkane after Algerian authorities refused to release the Moroccan club’s jerseys showing Morocco’s undivided map, including the Sahara. The CAF decision dealt a hard […]

Blinken hails Niger as model of cooperation, promises to ‘deliver results’ in Sahel

The United States and its Western allies must demonstrate they “can deliver results” in Africa’s Sahel region, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said during his visit to Niger, pledging humanitarian assistance for displaced people and support for the country’s efforts to combat violent extremism. Blinken’s trip to the West African country — the […]