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Algeria’s impolitic military ruler to the rescue of a diplomacy in disarray

As it continues to deepen its isolation in its immediate neighbourhood, the blunders of a military-controlled diplomacy have ensued new setbacks in ties with Saudi Arabia, where Algeria’s genuine ruler general Said Chengriha has spent more than ten days without being able to meet Saudi leader Mohamed Bin Salman. Chengriha, who pulls the strings of […]

Burkina Faso grounds Gates-backed mosquito project amid sovereignty, ethics row

Burkina Faso’s military-led government has suspended the controversial Target Malaria initiative, a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation–funded project aimed at combating malaria through the release of genetically modified mosquitoes. Announced Friday (22 August) by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, the decision halts all activities and orders the destruction of remaining mosquito samples. Project […]

Madagascar: President’s Chief of Staff arrested by British Crime Agency over corruption

The National Crime Agency (NCA), the United Kingdom’s lead agency against organized crime, human, weapon, drug trafficking, cybercrime and economic crime has arrested and detained Romy Voos Andrianarisoa, the Civil Chief of Staff of Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina over corruption allegations. The Malagasy official, the agency indicated Monday August 14, was arrested last Thursday August […]