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Algeria’s Ailing Long-Time President Bouteflika to Run for 4th Term

Algeria’s 76-year-old President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been nominated by his ruling National Liberation Party (FLN) to run for a fourth term in April 2014. The ailing leader, who was hospitalized in France last April after suffering what official reports described as a stroke, has been in power since 1999. He presided over a cabinet meeting […]

Under ECOWAS pressure, Guinea junta agrees to leave power in two years

Guinea’s ruling junta has agreed to restore civilian rule in two years, after facing sanctions by the West African bloc ECOWAS over its original plan for a three-year transfer of power. “In a dynamic compromise, experts from ECOWAS and Guinea have jointly developed a consolidated chronogram (timetable) for a transition spread over 24 months,” Economic […]

OIC hails support of Al-Quds Committee, chaired by Morocco’s King, to counter Israel’s judaization policy

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has paid tribute to the support provided by Al-Quds Committee, chaired by King Mohammed VI, to counter Israel’s judaization policies carried out in Al Quds al-Sharif in a bid to alter the identity and legal status of the Holy City, and its demographic, cultural and historical characteristics. During its […]