repression in Algeria

Budget Cuts Threaten Algeria’s Fragile Social Peace

Plummeting oil prices and dwindling revenues prompted the Algerian government to adopt austerity measures including tax hikes and subsidies cuts leading to protests, notably in the restive south and northeast of the country. Algeria, which has nurtured a system based on generous handouts to the population taking the form of subsidies to fuel, electricity, housing […]

Phala Phala Farmgate: backed by ANC, S.Africa’s president makes legal bid in face of impeachment

While ordinary South Africans are not surprised by corruption allegations implicating Cyril Ramaphosa, who is not the country’s first president or leader of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party to be dogged by corruption charges, analysts say it is taking a toll on the ANC’s popularity. ANC has said it will not support the […]

CAR: Another Moroccan UN Peacekeeper Killed, Three Injured

One Moroccan UN soldier was killed and three others were injured in an attack launched Sunday by Christian armed militia in the Central African Republic targeting UN peacekeepers who were protecting a convoy of water trucks. “The attack took place while the Moroccan peacekeepers were escorting water tankers to the river to help resupply the […]