Morocco has exposed Algeria’s double speak in defending obsolete options in the Sahara issue with the aim to serve its own anti-Moroccan agenda, saying Algiers had better apply its definition of self-determination at home. This came in a letter to the UN Security Council by Moroccan representative to the UN Omar Hilale, who denounced Algeria’s […]
Press freedom NGOs have drawn a bleak picture of the conditions of critical media in Algeria where many outspoken independent websites have been closed recently by authorities. Observalgerie, a French speaking news portal, described the current context as “the worst in Algeria’s history for the press.” Le Temps d’Algerie and Ennahar newspapers have been forced […]
Incumbent President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been re-elected for another four-year term in an election deserted by main opposition parties. Official MENA news agency and other state media, namely Ahram and Akhbar el-Youm, have announced al-Sisi winner of the three-day presidential poll which ended Wednesday. Al-Sisi is credited with 92 per cent of the votes […]
