Former Algerian industry minister urges France not to extradite him

Former Algerian industry minister, Abdeslam Bouchouareb, sentenced in absentia to a total of 100 years in prison, has appealed to French authorities to decline his extradition, citing political persecution amid a purge of the Bouteflika-era officials. Bouchouareb, who served as industry and mines minister from April 2014 to May 2017, rose to prominence under President […]

Brazilian Senators, Deputies plead for enhanced partnership with Morocco

A group of around fifty Brazilian Deputies and Senators have pleaded for an enhancement of the strategic partnership between Brazil and Morocco, while expressing satisfaction with the “remarkable” progress in political and economic relations between the two countries. The plea came in a motion signed by 37 Senators and 14 Federal Deputies and addressed to […]

Somalia offers U.S. exclusive access to key ports and airbases amid rising tensions

Somalia has extended an offer to the United States for exclusive control over strategic airbases and ports in the Gulf of Aden, thus adding a new geopolitical twist to great-power competition in the Horn of Africa. In a letter from president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to U.S. president Donald Trump, Somalia proposed granting the U.S. operational […]