UN Envoy to Libya Jan Kubis

Algeria officially recognized as an “authoritarian regime” by EIU

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has recently released its 2020 World Democracy Report, ranking Algeria among the countries that have suffered a worrying and alarming regression.   The  report published in January  by The Economist Intelligence Unit unveiled the ranking of democratic countries in the world in 2020 where Algeria occupies the 115th place out […]

German Agency for International Cooperation returns to Congo after nearly 27-year hiatus

Germany’s agency for International Cooperation, GIZ, has resumed activities in Congo Brazzaville nearly 27 years after exiting the central African country because of political instability. Arlette Soudan Nonault, the country’s minister of Sustainable development and Congo Bassin and the German ambassador Wolfgang Klapper inaugurated the offices of the Agency on Monday November 13 in capital […]

Egypt: Cairo court hands a policeman death sentence over sexual assault on a girl in police station

A court in Cairo sentenced a policeman 25 years of imprisonment, a death sentence on sexual assault charges on an ill girl at Imbaba police station. A few days after the gloomy report by FIDH (International Federation of Human Rights) accusing them of sexual abuses, Egypt authorities have handed death sentence a policeman. Officials said […]