The military who seized power on August 18 in Mali before embarking on a transition supposed to bring civilians back to power announced Wednesday the release of the twelve civilian and military personalities arrested in their coup d’état. The first to return home was Boubou Cissé, the former Prime Minister of Mali. He was […]
How important has been the role that social media have played in the Arab Spring uprisings and the subsequent democratic transformation affecting the North African region? This is a question that has been hotly contested in both policy-making and academic circles essentially ever since a Tunisian fruit vendor’s act of self-immolation swiftly wreaked havoc with […]
The European Commission has approved a proposal to launch negotiations with Morocco for a new fisheries agreement, EU Fisheries Commissioner Costas Kadis announced Tuesday during a visit to Madrid. Speaking before the Joint Committee of the Spanish Congress and Senate on European Union affairs, Kadis said the Commission had submitted a negotiation mandate to EU […]
