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De Bamako à Ouaga, les partisans des juntes au pouvoir affichent des positions pro-russes et anti-françaises pour se donner une posture révolutionnaire. Bien commode quand on tente, comme Abdoulaye Maïga devant l’ONU, de masquer un échec politico-sécuritaire.
Read More »The ‘New Auschwitz’: Wollega, Oromia Region, Ethiopia – OpEd
Introduction: A few years ago, I visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Museum, on the sites of Auschwitz Concentration Camp, the largest Nazi concentration and extermination camp. Last week, I visited a Jewish cultural center/museum in Riga, Latvia, with similar content. The two camps, Auschwitz-Birkenau and the one in Riga, are now …
Read More »UN General Assembly updates: Egyptian FM stresses the country’s right to Nile water
Follow along for the latest updates as Middle East leaders head to New York for the annual UN General Assembly. The United Nations’ annual gathering of world leaders gets underway this week, with a lineup of speeches from Middle East heads of state including Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Turkish President …
Read More »Ethiopia: Civilians Once Again Mired In Intractable And Deadly War
Ethiopia’s people are once again “mired…in the intractable and deadly consequences” of conflict between Government troops and forces loyal to Tigrayan separatist fighters, who are all likely responsible for war crimes, top rights investigators said on Thursday. In their first, extensive report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, the …
Read More »Egypt to adopt Russian payment system, official reveals
An Israeli firm has supplied anti-drone systems to Ukraine through Poland, Israeli media revealed yesterday. According to the Hebrew news website, Zman Yisrael, a source in the firm said that the equipment was being sold to Poland to circumvent Israel’s refusal to sell advanced arms to Ukraine. The Israeli firm, …
Read More »Maroc-Algérie : la bataille décisive des gazoducs est lancée
L’Europe cherchant à diversifier ses sources d’approvisionnement, deux projets de gazoducs concurrents refont surface. Lequel du projet transsaharien porté par l’Algérie ou du gazoduc offshore défendu par le Maroc est le mieux placé ? Dans le désert ou le long des côtes ouest-africaines? Algérie ou Maroc ? 2030 ou plus …
Read More »Power struggle continues in Libya
Recent deadly clashes have alarmed regional and international powers, as civilians fear displacement and a shortage of medicine and food. Libya’s capital, Tripoli, lost its calm during the last days of August as local political rivals opted for force to settle differences. Fierce fighting claimed 32 lives, and over a …
Read More »Egypt to adopt Russian Mir payment system to encourage tourism, trade exchange
Russian tourists and companies will be allowed to pay through the Russian Mir system in Egypt ahead of the winter season, which Cairo is hoping will boost its tourism sector. Starting later this month, the Russian ruble will be on the list of currencies used by Egyptian banks and be …
Read More »Migrants At The Mercy Of Morocco’s Iron Fist – Analysis
On 24 June, around 2 000 sub-Saharan African migrants, who had gathered the night before in north-eastern Morocco, set off at dawn to cross the border and reach the Spanish city of Melilla, about 4 km away. Many were reportedly armed with batons, rocks and knives. Moroccan riot police responded …
Read More »Western Sahara dispute spills into Tunisia
A diplomatic crisis is brewing in the Maghreb region amid tension between Morocco and Tunisia after President Kais Saied received the leader of the Polisario Front. Tunisian President Kais Saied’s decision to receive Brahim Ghali — the leader of the Polisario Front, a rebel group fighting for independence in the …
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