Algeria dissolves human rights NGO LADDH

Algeria has dissolved human rights NGO LADDH whom it accused of cooperation with international rights groups at a context where the military regime intensifies its crackdown on dissident voices. The NGO said its only crime was defending human rights in a country whose jails are full of civil society activists and journalists. Following a suit […]

Morocco, towards an industry with a national capital

Morocco, Africa’s largest industrial powerhouse, is set to further expand the share of the secondary sector in its GDP by focusing on highly technological footprints with a Moroccan capital with encouragement from the country’s monarchy. King Mohammed VI has lifted the curtain on two prototypes made by Moroccans in the field of the automotive sector. […]

France to keep its troops in Chad amid apparent pre-election crackdown on opposition

France has said it will keep its 1,000 troops in junta-run Chad amid waning French influence after it was ousted from several African countries over the past few years, just as apparent calm has returned to Chad’s capital N’Djamena following the assassination of an opposition leader. “Of course we will stay” in Chad, said Jean-Marie […]