Habib-Essid

DRC: Oil Companies in the southeast on strike

The oil companies operating in the provinces of the former Katanga and the Kasai region have announced “that they will proceed from this Thursday, August 6, to the cessation of their activities of distribution and storage of petroleum products.” The announcement came in a press release from the Haut-Katanga section of the Congolese employers’ union, […]

Boualem Sansal faces 10-year prison sentence in Algeria

French-Algerian writer who was arrested for his views faces a 10-year in jail sentence and a fine of 6887 euros on the charge of terrorism and subversive acts, in a trial denounced by rights activists as political and retaliatory. Sansal was arrested in November right after landing from France where he gave an interview mentioning […]

Tindouf camps a tinderbox waiting to explode

Clashes broke out between rival armed gangs in the Polisario-controlled Tindouf camps, after three separatists handed over their arms and defected to Morocco, while Algeria has killed Sahrawi youth prospecting for gold. All of these happened in a single month, as the noose tightens around Algiers and the Polisario proxies to accept Morocco’s autonomy plan […]