Morocco and Mauritania are showing willingness to start a new page after undergoing a silent storm on the backdrop of Nouakchott’s ambiguous stands on the Sahara issue. A sign of the new rapprochement was expressed at the reception by Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz of Morocco’s new ambassador to Nouakchott Hamid Chabar who presented his […]
Soldiers from five Sahel states are holding military exercises in Western Niger focusing on counter-terrorism, Niger’s defense minister said. The drills, to run until June 3, bring together Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Niger and Togo, marking the first exercise between the five countries. The exercise includes interoperability, tactical maneuvers, and offering health care to citizens. […]
Algerian Prime Minister Monday rejected claims of some prominent public figures suggesting that the country’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has lost control of the country. During a meeting with investors in Blida, Abdelmalek Sellal stressed that ailing President Bouteflika was in full control of the country’s management. He added that the President is ‘daily’ and ‘step […]
