Few days ahead of Tunisian one-man show presidential election, candidate Ayachi Zammel received a 6-month prison sentence as Tunisia’s strongman and incumbent president Kais Saied continues to use the judiciary against political opponents. This is the second sentence against Zammel, who was handed a 20-month jail term for falsifying popular endorsement, in a verdict described […]
The Spanish ruling party led by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has once again shattered hopes nurtured by the Polisario front and its lobbyists to see Spain recognize the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). The People’s Party (PP) actually rejected a motion tabled before the Senate by the Catalonia republican leftist party (The Republican Left of […]
Despite “significant efforts” by Qatari mediators, peace talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government and M23 rebels have missed key deadlines, as violence intensifies across eastern regions. A draft peace agreement — based on a Declaration of Principles signed in Doha on 19 July — was shared with both sides, according to a […]
