What’s new? Algeria is now facing more challenges due to the social and economic fallout from the COVID-19 crisis and the country’s official lockdown measures. Why does it matter? The Algerian government could react to this …
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Tags : Algeria, Hirak, protests, covid 19,
U.S. President Donald Trump and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi discussed the situation in Libya during a phone call on Monday, July 20. The two agreed on the need to maintain a ceasefire in Libya and avoid escalation between the forces fighting for control over…
Read more from the source : Polygraph.info
Tags : Libya, Egypt, Al Sissi, foreign interference,
Nine months after general elections, Tunisia again faces gridlock, with a fractured and bickering parliament and government in disarray, after last week’s resignation of Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh. It’s a familiar story for the small…
Read more from the source : Latin America News
Tags : Tunisia, government, Elyes Fakhfakh,
There are few issues on which all European leaders and institutions agree. That Africa must be a strategic priority is one. The senior EU officials who took office in December 2019 stated as much, as did the member states at the Foreign Affairs Council in the same month. If any doubt remained, Ursula von der Leyen sent a clear message when, rather than choosing Washington, Moscow or Ankara for her first official trip outside the European Union, the new president flew to Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital and headquarters of the African Union (AU).
Read more from the source : CIDOB
Tags : Maghreb, Africa, Europe,
Spanish maritime rescue and civil guard teams are continuing to search for scores of migrants reportedly trying to cross by boat to the Canary Islands from western Africa. At least 190 people are understood to have attempted the crossing in the past week…
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Tags : Morocco, migration, boatloads, Canary Islands,
ISTANBUL – The Egyptian parliament’s decision Monday to authorize the possible deployment of Egyptian troops in Libya is highlighting concerns in the region about a possible escalation of the Libyan conflict. International pressure is, meanwhile, growing on Turkey over its involvement…
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Tags : Libya, Turkey,
Despite the COVID-19 crisis, members of the women-led Cooperative Tudert continue harvesting aromatic and medicinal herbs while respecting physical distancing and other prevention measures to stop the spread of the virus. The cooperative…
Read more from the source : UN Women
Tags : Morocco, covid 19, women,
Nouakchott, July 22, 2020— In its bid to diversify its economy so as to foster sustainable growth, one of the challenges facing Mauritania is improving its education system, which is an impediment to economic growth and social inclusion. So says the Third Economic Update for…
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Tags : Mauritania, education,
The death of George Floyd in America, and the surging support for the Black Lives Matter movement which occurred as a consequence, have fuelled a growing global reckoning with the legacy of colonialism. This reckoning is currently…
Read more from the source : Young European Federalists
Tags : Algeria, past, France, memory, colonialism,
The Western Sahara conflict has yet to be definitively resolved. It now belongs to the category of the so-called “forgotten,” or “frozen” conflicts. The conflict itself is not the only issue to have been forgotten despite the unlawful Moroccan occupation: the United Nations resolutions, the…
Read more from the source : Nationalia