Ali Benflis

Tunisia: Club de Madrid calls on President Saied to free former PM Hamadi Jebali; denounces a creeping dictatorship

Club de Madrid, the largest non-profit organization made of former Presidents and Heads of States, has urged Tunisia’s President Kais Saied to liberate ex-Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali and respect the rule of law in the North African country. Jebali was detained last Thursday by security police –for the second time in less than two months– […]

ISIS claims deadly attack on Algerian army near Malian border

The Islamic State group, ISIS, Thursday claimed credit for a deadly attack on the Algerian army near the border with Mali that the terror group has named “Algeria Province”. According to le360 news outlet, the group said the attack, which took place on Monday, south of the North African country, claimed the lives of eight […]

Morocco Climbs Six Places in Global Innovation Index

The Global Innovation Index 2016 has been released, with Morocco climbing six places from 78th (2014) to 72th in a ranking of 128 surveyed countries. The report, published by the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), has swiftly become a widely used metric for assessing the state of innovation in various countries. In gaining […]