After rentier Algeria, cash-strapped Tunisia says it wants to join BRICS

After Algeria, another failing African economy, Tunisia, said it seeks to join the BRICS, a group of fast growing emerging industrial countries with diversified economies that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The announcement was made by a proponent of the Kais Saied authoritarian presidency Mahmoud bin Mabrouk who leads the July 25 […]

Libya: UN Proposes New Action Plan as Way Forward to Presidential Elections

Head of the UN special mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Ghassan Salamé Wednesday came up with new actions to end the seven-year old Libyan crisis noting that Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) signed in 2015 remains the country’s political roadmap, although it needs, in its current state, some adjustments. Despite a nearly two-year-old Political Agreement, Libya remains […]

Morocco’s head of internal security among top 100 most influential African personalities

The Paris-based Pan-African weekly magazine Jeune Afrique has nominated head of Morocco’s internal security among top 100 most influential Africans for the name the man made for himself in the fight against terrorism. Abdellatif Hammouchi, who also heads the kingdom’s powerful FBI-style Central Bureau of judiciary investigation (BCIJ), features in the ranking for his outstanding […]