Musab Yılmaz is a North African Studies Research Assistant. He graduated from Galatasaray University, with a degree in Political Science. He is currently an MA student at Ibn Haldun University, in the Department of Political Science and International Relations. He conducts research on Northern and Sub-Saharan African countries, especially in Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco.
French President Emmanuel Macron’s accusatory statements against Algeria in the Le Monde newspaper on October 2 had escalated the tension between the two countries. Stating that “a military-political system prevails in Algeria and the official history of the country has been completely rewritten, not based on facts but built on hostility towards France,” Macron also stated, “The construction of Algeria as a nation is a phenomenon to be watched. Was
The Tunisian Presidency issued a decree expanding its powers after Kais Saied suspended the work of the Assembly and dismissed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi on July 25. According to the statement made by the Presidency on September 22, the implementation of the “extraordinary decisions” taken on July 25 continued. With the new decree, extraordinary arrangements were made regarding the legislative and executive powers, and the temporary commission that oversaw the
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French President Emmanuel Macron’s accusatory statements against Algeria in the Le Monde newspaper on October 2 had escalated the tension between the two countries. Stating that “a military-political system prevails in Algeria
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The Tunisian Presidency issued a decree expanding its powers after Kais Saied suspended the work of the Assembly and dismissed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi on July 25. According to the statement made
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The National Rally of Independents (RNI) won the legislative elections in Morocco, Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit announced on Wednesday night. In the official statement made by the Moroccan Ministry of Interior on
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Morocco is preparing for parliamentary elections scheduled for September 8. Parties that started their activities on August 26 for election campaigns are not allowed to gather more than 25 people due to
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Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra told a press conference that his country has decided to sever diplomatic relations with Morocco, as of today (Tuesday), against the backdrop of a “series of hostile
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Algeria decided to re-appoint diplomat Ramtane Lamamra, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the recent government change, to succeed Sabri Boukadoum, a move that raised many questions about whether
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Tunisian President Kais Saied stated that “due to the extraordinary conditions the country is in,” the parliament froze all its powers and suspended the immunity of deputies, declaring that he dismissed Prime
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Morocco has denied allegations that the cell phones of French President Emmanuel Macron and some statesmen were tapped by the intelligence service, with the spyware program “Pegasus” developed by the Israeli company
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Since the presidential and parliamentary elections held in Tunisia on October 6, 2019, the ongoing political crisis between the Prime Minister of the third government, Hichem Mechichi, and President Kais Saied, since
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The uncertain results of the early parliamentary elections in Algeria present President Abdelmadjid Tebboune with different options for the government to be formed. Mohammed Charfi, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Administration
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