Category: Algeria

Algeria struggles to feed its people as crisis bites

April 18, 2021

Algeria’s state coffers have dried up! The country’s president now delivers public addresses to try in vain to reassure the people about the supply of ... Read More

MSP leader Lhaj Barikalah denounces Polisario’s systematic repression against opponents

April 17, 2021

The leader of the Sahrawi Movement for Peace (MSP), Lhaj Barikalah, denounced the terrorist character of the Polisario front and the systematic repression it exercises ... Read More

Algeria, Polisario to taste the pain of their self-defeating strategy at UN Security Council meeting

April 16, 2021

The next UN Security Council meeting on the Sahara issue will take place at a regional context in which Morocco has strengthened its foothold on ... Read More

MEPs want to hold Algeria & Polisario to account for blocking new UN Sahara Envoy

April 15, 2021

A group of members of European Parliament has called on EU foreign policy chief Josep Borell to disclose the party or parties that rejected the ... Read More

Sahara: International community snubs Algeria’s army chief push for SADR’s UN Seat

April 15, 2021

Algeria’s army chief, General Said Changriha, has been extremely disappointed by the absence of international response to the polisario's call for a UN seat for ... Read More

Over half ton of cannabis seized near Laayoune, 8 people, including 3 from Tindouf nabbed

April 15, 2021

The police of Laayoune, Moroccan Saharan city, have seized lately 529 kg of cannabis and arrested eight people, including a Mauritanian and three men from ... Read More

France rejects Algerian government threats against its Ambassador

April 15, 2021

France has rejected the accusations and threats by the Algerian government against the French Ambassador to Algiers. Algerian communication minister Belhimer, in a statement to ... Read More

Misery in Polisario-controlled camps nurtures radicalization- Italian expert

April 13, 2021

The misery and repression prevailing in the Polisario-controlled Tindouf camps make of these camps a hotbed for radicalization, writes journalist and Italian expert in international ... Read More

Algeria: Shortage of cooking oil provokes long queues, stampedes

April 12, 2021

Cooking oil has become a rare commodity in Algerian stores forcing people to wait in long queues before stores and to strict rationing. Stampedes were ... Read More

French PM cancels visit to Algiers as tension brews

April 11, 2021

Paris has cancelled a visit by its Prime Minister Jean Castex to Algiers citing pandemic concerns but observers see this reason as only a tip ... Read More