Algerian authorities have put a ban on the wearing of niqab, a full-face veil, at workplace across the country, over difficulties to identity faces be...
UN Fourth Committee Advocates Political Solution to Sahara Issue
The UN Fourth Committee adopted without a vote a resolution reiterating support for the UN-led political process to settle the Sahara issue after Moro...
Algeria: Showdown Between MPs & Speaker Echoes Political Rift Tearing Apart Country
The crisis is deepening in Algeria wherein political leaders and military generals are fighting for power as the country’s aging and long-serving pres...
Algeria: Five Generals behind Bars on Corruption Charges
Five top Algerian generals have been dismissed of their functions this week after they stood before justice on corruption charges, local Algerian medi...
Mauritania Ends Trade Anarchy, Imposes Customs Taxes on Products from Algeria
Mauritania has put an end to commercial anarchy at the Algerian-Mauritanian border, when it imposed as of October 9, customs duties on all products en...
Purge of Algeria’s Top Generals Casts Shadow on Regime Opacity
A purge of long serving military officials in Algeria has cast a shadow on an opaque regime where an ailing president braces for a fifth term amid a s...
UN Decries Once again Algeria’s Persecution of African Migrants
The UN has decried and reiterated its call on Algeria to immediately halt summary expulsions of African migrants, as authorities in the North African ...
UN Secretary General Estimates People Held by Polisario in Tindouf at 90K
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres estimated at 90,000 the population held against their will in the Polisario-run camps in south-western Algeria, ...
UN Secretary General Rebukes Polisario for Hindering UN Mission in Sahara
In a new report to the Security Council, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has once again rebuked Polisario for lack of cooperation with the UN mi...
Algeria’s Foreign Exchange Reserves Shrink to $88.61
Algeria’s foreign exchange reserves dwindled by $8.72 billion to $88.61 billion in June 2018, the Algerian news agency APS said. The rise in oil price...