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Child recruitment in Tindouf encourages terrorism, instability, radicalization in North Africa and in Sahel

The polisario-forced and Algeria-backed recruitment of children in the camps of Tindouf fuels instability in North Africa and the Sahel, said, on Thursday in Dakhla, the minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita. Speaking at a conference organized by the International Research Center on the Prevention of Child Soldiers, Bourita stressed the correlation between the lack […]

Russia Set to Expand Arms Sales in North African Markets

Russia is set to expand its share in the arms markets by increasing sales to the North African states of Morocco and Tunisia besides its largest client in the region, Algeria, at a regional context marked by a surge of terrorist activities.  “Military cooperation between Russia and Muslim countries, especially in North Africa, is building up. Morocco, […]

Tough times for right activists in Tunisia

Tunisia is backpedaling to authoritarian rule following President Kais Saied’s power grab, a déjà vu for many Tunisians. But rights groups in particular are worried about their hard-won freedom as the crackdown on them intensifies. Last month, authorities prevented rights activists from staging protests against President Saied in a move that invokes fears of the […]