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Algeria’s pro-separatist activism at the UN reveals its role as genuine party to Sahara conflict

As the United Nations Security Council prepared to vote on a pivotal resolution endorsing Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara, Algeria launched a last-minute diplomatic offensive to alter the language of the U.S.-drafted text. The resolution, which framed Morocco’s autonomy initiative as basis for negotiations was met with unprecedented activism by Algiers which proposed amendments […]

Nigeria: Two main opposition leaders challenge presidential election results, file court petition

Nigeria’s two main opposition leaders — Labor Party’s Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar from People’s Democratic Party (PDP) — on Tuesday March21 filed court petitions seeking to invalidate results of last month’s disputed presidential election that was won by the ruling party. Both opposition leaders said in separate affidavits the election was fraught with irregularities […]

UK poised to list Wagner as ‘terrorists’, as France calls on EU to act

The French parliament has passed a resolution calling on the European Union to formally label Russia’s mercenary Wagner force a “terror group,” while the Times newspaper has reported that the United Kingdom would also formally list Wagner as a terrorist organization to increase pressure on Russia. The French parliament has adopted a resolution, which is […]