Algeria: opposition figure Fethi Ghares and wife released
With Algeria’s September 7th elections just around the corner, observers in the country and around the world are watching closely...
Month: August 2024
Tunisia: Mondher Znaidi returns to presidential race
A one-man contest for the Tunisian presidency seems no more as the Tunisian Administrative Court upheld an appeal by prominent...
Libya: oilfield shutdowns spread amid central bank dispute
The tremors of Libya’s central bank crisis continue to be felt as oilfield closures spread across the nation, with two...
Moroccan press blame PM Akhannouch for jobs “massacre”
Aziz Akhannouch, Morocco’s business tycoon Prime Minister estimated, by some accounts, to be the fifth richest man in Africa is...
Tunisia: Kais Saied reshuffles cabinet
Tunisian President Kais Saied announced on August 25th that he’s reshuffling 19 ministers, according to The Arab Weekly. The Tunisian...
Ian Proud: What was missing in the Paris Olympics? Russia
I applaud the French Government on its delivery of a fabulous Olympiad in Paris. I have but one criticism. In...
Pavel Durov arrested by French authorities over Telegram app
Pavel Durov, the Russian-French billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, has been arrested at an airport just...
Libya: armed groups and authorities reach security deal in Tripoli
Following an abduction of a senior central bank official and recent outbursts of fighting, Libya appears to be sinking into...
Morocco’s Hammouchi decorated by France
Relations are continuing to improve between Paris and Rabat, barely weeks after Emmanuel Macron indicated to Morocco that he was...
Tunisia: Union rejects move to silence journalist’s election coverage
Tunisian society continues to hit back at the Saied government’s thirst for authoritarianism, with the most recent display of discontent...
