Few weeks after King Mohammed VI called for a frank and direct dialogue between Morocco and Algeria, with the ultimate aim being the reinvigoration of the Maghreb Union, and after the many messages of support, praising the royal call, Algeria has finally emerged from its silence. But as one might expect, Algeria did not respond […]
Three years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, African economies continue to grapple with the long-term effects of the conflict, with many nations still feeling the sting of rising inflation, disrupted supply chains, and escalating debt risks. A new report from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) highlights that while some regions, such as East Africa, have […]
In Algeria, literature is dangerous. Not because it incites violence or spreads falsehoods, but because it remembers what the regime wants to suppress. Writers who dare to revisit the regime’s authoritarian nature and the country’s darkest chapters- especially the current oppression and the bloody civil war of the 1990s- are silenced, exiled, or imprisoned. The […]
