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Algeria: Ailing President Bouteflika Set to Run for Fifth Term

As ridicule never killed anyone, ailing Abdelaziz Bouteflika will not quit the Algerian Presidency after his fourth term. Despite his health condition, which has confined him to a wheelchair, his inability to speak intelligibly in public or even meet visiting counterparts, Bouteflika is poised to run for a fifth term. That is what his henchman, […]

Iran’s mischief in Morocco is a problem, warns US magazine National Interest

US bimonthly magazine the National Interest has rang the alarm about the maneuvers of Iran and its proxy Hezbollah, and the networks of document forgery they lead, to plot attacks or fulfil other aims, as they attempted to do in Morocco, “a strong U.S. ally” and “a historic bulwark of Islamic moderation,” raising concern over […]

Tunisian jurist elected as judge to Hague-based ICC

The 22nd session of the Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statue elected Wednesday December 6 in New York Tunisian jurist Haykel Ben Mahfoudh as judge to Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) for a period of nine years. Mahfoudh, Prof. of Public international Law received 86 votes for the election, the highest vote received […]