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Bouteflika: from revolutionary to ailing recluse
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, a veteran of Algeria’s war for independence who has ruled for two decades, announced on Monday he had reversed his decision to seek a fifth term following weeks of mass demonstrations. Bouteflika, 82 and rarely seen in public since a stroke in 2013, had returned to Algeria...
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Street unrest breaks down taboo in Algeria: talk is of politics at last
Until last week the number one topic that Algerian engineer Mohamed Aissiou and his mates would discuss over coffee was soccer. Specifically, local star Riyad Mahrez and his English club Manchester City. Now it’s all about whether President Abdelaziz Bouteflika should go. Many Algerians have for years avoided politics in public,...
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As EU-Arab summit approaches, more headaches than planned
When plans for a summit between the European Union and the Arab League were first hatched last year, it was envisioned as the start of a new friendship across the Mediterranean. What a difference a few months makes. The EU hopes that improving ties with its Arab neighbours would help...
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Calls for Saudi arms embargo pit EU values against interests
Among others trying to continue arms sales to Saudi Arabia, Spain is trying to go ahead with the sale of 400 bombs in order to protect a Saudi contract with a shipyard in the Andalusia region that would create 5,000 jobs...
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Fake news or chilling message? Journalist's disappearance divides Saudis
Some Saudis are treating Turkish allegations that prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in their country’s consulate in Istanbul as fake news. Others see the alleged murder of Khashoggi, an outspoken critic of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as a chilling message for opponents of the Saudi government and a...
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Why Yemen is at war?
The battle for the western Yemeni port of Hudaydah could be an important milestone in the three-year civil war. But analysts say the conflict is so complex that even a decisive outcome there might not bring peace. Why is Yemen so divided? Yemen’s internal splits have festered for years. North and...
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Iraqis expect little of first poll since defeat of Daesh
Iraq holds its first parliamentary election on Saturday since defeating Daesh, but few people expect its new leaders to deliver the stability and economic prosperity that have long been promised. The oil producer has been struggling to find a formula for stability since a US-led invasion toppled dictator Saddam Hussein...
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Netanyahu: What happens next?
Benjamin Netanyahu is the dominant Israeli politician of his generation. On the domestic and international stage, no rival comes close to the veteran Likud Party leader known widely as “Bibi”, Reuters reports. Israeli police on Tuesday recommended that the 68-year-old, four-term prime minister be indicted for bribery in two cases. It...
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Jordan imprisons women in name of family honour
An estimated 65 per cent of more than 1,700 female inmates in Jordan’s prisons are held under the 60-year-old law that allows the authorities to indefinitely incarcerate women considered to be at risk of being attacked or killed in the name of family honour...