CPJ calls on Algerian authorities to release veteran journalist Saad Bouakba

The U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Algerian authorities to “immediately and unconditionally” release veteran columnist Saad Bouakba, who was arrested on November 27 for comments on independence war. He is facing charges of defaming late President Ahmed Ben Bella. Bouakba was arrested in Algiers after Mahdia Ben Bella, daughter of Algeria’s first […]

Algeria: Finance minister sounds the alarm over drying state finances

The Algerian Finance Minister debunked the government over the country’s finance following the crash of global oil, noting that the situation is dire and that it is pointless to lie. Abderrahmane Raouya, during an improvised press conference in capital Algiers Wednesday, confirmed that the state finances have drastically dwindled, TSA reports. The North African country […]

King Mohammed VI receives Atlas Lionesses, finalists of the 2024 WAFCON

King Mohammed VI received Tuesday at the M’diq-Fnideq provincial square, in the Northern city of M’diq, the Moroccan Women football team that cruised to the final of the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) hosted in Morocco July 5 through 26, in tribute to a golden generation that is elevating Moroccan women’s football on […]