These five factors make the difference between militaries that support autocracy and those that allow free elections. By Nathaniel Allen and Alexander Noyes, for The Washington Post (*) A cross Africa, long-standing dictators are losing their grip on power. In April alone, Sudan’s …
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Authorities in Algeria are desperate for a high turnout in order to shore up the legitimacy of an ailing political system By: Adlène Meddi, Algerian journalist and writer, for Middle East Eye (*) This week, Algerians will head to the …
Read More »Macron Ignites Debate on French Colonization of Algeria
Empires leave behind a poisoned chalice not only for the subjects, but also for the rulers as the brouhaha over the French colonization of Algeria demonstrates. By: Atul Singh, Founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Fair Observer (*) Even by the …
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