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Africa Eco Race: Polisario Furious to See Competition Going in Full Steam

The Algeria-backed polisario separatist group is furious to see the 12th edition of Africa Eco Race Rally going ahead as planned without a glitch despite their threat to disrupt this annual off-road rally race. After arriving in Tangiers (Northern Morocco) coming from Monaco on Januray 7, the 688 competitors with their 266 vehicles (trucks, cars […]

Rome refuses Polisario’s participation in Italy-Africa Summit, another slap on the face of Algerian rulers

The Italian government has excluded the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist group from the Italy-Africa summit, held in Rome, despite the pressure exerted by the Algerian regime which has tried to no avail to buy the support of Rome through discounted gas deals. The Algerian blackmail strategy of weaponizing its gas supplies to get political gains has […]

Egypt, Libya to ban trade of non-Egypt-made drugs

Libyan and Egyptian authorities have reached an agreement to ban the trade of pharmaceutical drugs, other than Egyptian-made, in Libya, ‘Libya Observer’ reports. The move came following a request by the Egyptian Customs Authority to the Libyan Finance ministry to allow only the entry of Egyptian-origin medicine through the Salloum border crossing with Libya. The […]