The Malian Crisis: Algeria’ Destabilising Interference By Abdelkader Filali. Ph.D. Ottawa University The military regime in Algeria, cannot and will never be a peace broker, but a conflict maker. The whole literature, which studied military regimes in various geographies notes that by its nature, a military regime does not have the authenticity and the credibility […]
By Abdelkader Filali. Ph.D. Ottawa University Statecraft is often popularly thought of as the art and the skills of governing a sovereign state. Simply put it is about managing state affairs. Diplomacy in a nutshell is verbally managing and communicating the complexity of international relations. Statecraft and diplomacy are best tested in critical junctures such as […]
By Dr. Frank Musmar On August 3, 2021, the Israeli broadcaster, Kan, reported that Prime Minister Naftali Bennett suggested to U.S. President Joe Biden the formation of a military alliance (NATO of the Middles east) that includes Israel, the Gulf States, and Jordan to confront Iran. The report confirmed by the commission’s correspondent in Washington, […]
During the day of November 28, 2021 in the village of Babaabé, the Mauritanian police forces viciously attacked peaceful demonstrators who came to demand justice on the extrajudicial executions committed on Black Fulani soldiers in 1990, these were for the most part family members of the victims that were killed in the 1990’, who took […]
By Houleye Thiam Houleye Thiam, MPA, MS is president of The Mauritanian Network for Human Rights in The US. She is also president and founder of Youth and Hope, L’espoir pour La Jeunesse and Social Worker/ Organiser / Mauritanian Community Activist Black Mauritanians have historically been stripped of their land ownership rights, most notably beginning […]
Charles Nwoke, Rabat, Morocco Military in Morocco has purchased the Skylock Dome System from Israeli government to support and improve its defense capabilities against drones from their foes. The weapon, Skylock Dome System have the capacity to detect, verify, and destroy unauthorized drones. It will reportedly be used to guard the country’s critical civilian and […]
Charles Nwoke, Rafah, Egypt Egyptian Army on Monday, said it was boosting its military forces around Rafah in obstreperous Sinai in the war against Islamic State terrorist group, after signing a coordination deal with neighboring Israeli government. The number of extra soldiers that would be sent is yet to be known, but this pact is […]
By Manel Msalmi From Sudan to Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia, we recall the failure of the Brotherhood’s rule in the MENA region and its incompatibility with the secular political system that the Arab and Muslim yearns to . “We are here to protect Tunisia. We have seen all the tragedies under the rule of the […]
By Ahmad Al Jabbouri Iraq is a country looking to the future. Its present is shaped by religious and ethnic divisions with more than a decade and a half of post-US invasion conflict and instability. Iraq’s complex demographic is diverse, roughly divided geographically between the Shia majority, Sunni population, and the Kurds. After the US-led […]
Mohamed Salah Tamek (MST), Head of the Moroccan Prison and Reintegration department of the Kingdom of Morocco, a credible and legitimate voice deconstructs some of the allegations in the 10 senators letter sent to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.The remainder of the amalgamations and untruths of said letter will properly be answered in due […]