Oussama Romdhani News Today

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reflected much of the international mood when he predicted that the ongoing showdown between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces “risks a catastrophic conflagration within Sudan that could engulf the whole region and beyond.” Sudan is today a tinderbox mainly because of a zero-sum armed struggle between

The U.S. should reinforce Tunisia’s democratic progress with concrete action, not more political gestures.

What happened to Tunisia? It is once again in political limbo. This time, however, not many seem to care. After 2011, when President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali was toppled, Tunisians thought the West’s cheering — not to mention its material assistance — would last forever. It became a case of mutual disappointment. While Tunisians were hoping their EU partners would have enough

At a time when French-Algerian relations were supposed to be on the mend, Algeria’s Central Bank last month issued new banknotes that bore, for the first time, inscriptions in English, alongside Arabic. Politicians in Paris were not amused. They saw it as another sign that Algeria was drifting away from France’s zone of influence. Algeria had already announced in June the

Tunisian officials breathed a sigh of relief on Oct. 15 after the International Monetary Fund announced preliminary approval for a $1.9 billion loan package. The country’s politicians viewed it as a vote of confidence for their policies, while government technocrats felt vindicated in the way that they negotiated the deal. The protracted talks over the agreement took more than