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Mauritania quits stalled gas pipeline project with Algeria

Mauritania has announced its withdrawal from the gas pipeline project with Algeria after almost two years and a half of inaction of Algerian authorities to implement this project, according to press reports. Since the visit paid by Algerian energy minister Mohamed Arkab to Mauritania in June 2022, nothing moved forward. The minister had presented a […]

After the ‘Arab Spring’: Winter is Underway for Religious Minorities in the MENA Region

No one can deny that Arab dictatorships have protected religious minorities across the Middle East and North Africa region for decades as a result of tactical decisions meant to win the political backing of Western powers and the financial support of funding agencies. The nomination of Jewish and Christian leaders to cabinet posts in many […]

Morocco takes over rotating chairmanship of AU Peace & Security Council

Morocco took over as of this Sept.1 the rotating chairmanship of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) for one month.   Morocco, which has been elected in January 2018 to the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) for a two-year term (2018-2019), chairs for the first time the AU standing decision-making […]