Tag: Algeria

Algeria: Government Bans Full-face Veil at Workplace

October 19, 2018

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 behind ... Read More

UN Fourth Committee Advocates Political Solution to Sahara Issue

October 18, 2018

The UN Fourth Committee adopted without a vote a resolution reiterating support for the UN-led political process to settle the Sahara issue after Morocco protested ... Read More

Algeria: Showdown Between MPs & Speaker Echoes Political Rift Tearing Apart Country

October 17, 2018

The crisis is deepening in Algeria wherein political leaders and military generals are fighting for power as the country’s aging and long-serving president is preparing ... Read More

Algeria: Five Generals behind Bars on Corruption Charges

October 15, 2018

Five top Algerian generals have been dismissed of their functions this week after they stood before justice on corruption charges, local Algerian media said. The ... Read More

Mauritania Ends Trade Anarchy, Imposes Customs Taxes on Products from Algeria

October 12, 2018

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 entering ... Read More

Purge of Algeria’s Top Generals Casts Shadow on Regime Opacity

October 11, 2018

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 ... Read More

UN Decries Once again Algeria’s Persecution of African Migrants

October 10, 2018

The UN has decried and reiterated its call on Algeria to immediately halt summary expulsions of African migrants, as authorities in the North African country ... Read More

UN Secretary General Rebukes Polisario for Hindering UN Mission in Sahara

October 8, 2018

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 ... Read More

Algeria’s Foreign Exchange Reserves Shrink to $88.61

October 7, 2018

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 prices ... Read More

UN Secretary-General’s Report Demystifies Polisario’s Propaganda on “liberated territories”

October 5, 2018

The latest report of the UN Secretary-General to the Security Council on the Sahara issue has demystified, once and for all, the propaganda nurtured for ... Read More