abducted Canadian Edith Blais & Italian Luca Tacchetto freed

Algeria, after Muzzling the Press, Censors Critical Academic Research

After censoring and co-opting the free press sending several journalists to jail, now is the turn of academicians. The Algerian regime moved to stifle researchers who venture to do objective study unearthing the predicaments of the ailing military regime in Algiers. The case of Leila Sidhoum is illustrative of the authoritarian measures prejudicial to the […]

Tunisia to send 450 peacekeepers to CAR

Tunisian President Kais Saied has greenlighted the deployment of 450 soldiers for United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Central African Republic (CAR) embroiled in several years of political crisis. The contingent will support disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation operations and contribute to monitoring respect for human rights within the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional […]

Staffan de Mistura officially appointed as UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy for the Sahara

The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, appointed the Italian-Swedish Staffan de Mistura as his new Personal Envoy for the Sahara, announced Wednesday the UN spokesman. Staffan de Mistura was appointed to the position after having been endorsed by the UN Security Council. The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, had actually begun consultations with the Security […]