Algeria’s civilian facade, President Abdelmedjid Tebboune, gave a new interview to Le Figaro in which he sought in vain to redefine the standards of diplomatic engagement by describing his regime’s unilateral decision to sever ties with Rabat as a decision to avert war. In diplomatic norms, breaking diplomatic ties and terminating all communication channels is […]
Some 4.2 million eligible Togolese citizens vote in delayed and controversial legislative elections this Monday (29 April) to decide if President Faure Gnassingbe will extend his family’s decades-long grip on power. Voting got under way following approval of divisive constitutional reforms by the outgoing parliament that opponents have called a “constitutional coup” because of concerns […]
Around 70 soldiers of the Libyan National Army (LNA) aligned with field Marshal Khalifa Haftar were flown this week to Russia for medical treatment, a spokesperson for the army told French AFP on Thursday. LNA forces have been trying to weed out the Jihadists still controlling some districts of Benghazi, the second city of the […]
