Tag: Algeria

Algeria’s Import Restrictions Doomed to Backfire

July 24, 2018

The slump in oil prices prompted the Algerian government to seek temporary measures to reduce the trade deficit. The most notorious among these were import ... Read More

Polisario Unveils Algeria’s Support for Separatism in Morocco

July 20, 2018

Although it is self-evident that Algeria backs the separatist Polisario fronts militarily, financially and diplomatically, Algiers refuses to pull its head out of the sand ... Read More

Respect for Territorial Integrity a Sine Qua Non for Maghreb Integration

July 19, 2018

Respect for territorial integrity of member states is a sine qua non for achieving the long-sought integration of the Maghreb Union (AMU), Morocco’s Lower House ... Read More

Algeria Continues Mass Detention & Deportation of African Migrants

July 16, 2018

Algerian authorities continue their inhumane mass expulsion of African migrants into the deadly desert despite global outrage over such a degrading behavior violating international laws ... Read More

Will Energy Break Ice in Inter-Maghreb Relations?

July 16, 2018

The recent Tunisian request to Algeria and Morocco for energy supply during the summer could usher a new era of cooperation between the countries of ... Read More

Air Algeria Titters on the Edge

July 16, 2018

Algeria’s flagship carrier, Air Algérie is on the verge of bankruptcy due to corruption and inefficient leadership, Algerian media wrote. The crisis hitting the carrier ... Read More

Popular Demands Put Pressure on Algeria to Open Borders with Morocco

July 13, 2018

Moroccan and Algerian nationals are planning yet a new initiative to put pressure on Algiers to open the borders, kept sealed since 1994. This time, ... Read More

Algeria: FT Explains Why Business Tycoons Back a Bouteflika 5th Term

July 12, 2018

The Financial Times has unveiled the reasons behind the support of the corporate barons of the bid of ailing Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika for a ... Read More

As Morocco Reinforces its Sea Defense Capabilities, Algeria Becomes Anxious

July 9, 2018

Morocco, which is the only African country having both the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines, is continuously modernizing its naval defense capabilities to protect its water ... Read More

Why Migration Processing Centers won’t Solve EU’s Migration Problem

July 8, 2018

The EU has been thinking of outsourcing the management of migration and asylum to North African countries where most migrants are taking the perilous sea ... Read More