Algeria officially recognized as an “authoritarian regime” by EIU

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has recently released its 2020 World Democracy Report, ranking Algeria among the countries that have suffered a worrying and alarming regression.   The  report published in January  by The Economist Intelligence Unit unveiled the ranking of democratic countries in the world in 2020 where Algeria occupies the 115th place out […]

Libya: 28 migrants dead in desert tragedy found in mass grave

In a chilling discovery in south-east Libya, authorities have unearthed on February 09 the bodies of at least 28 migrants from a mass grave located in the desert north of Kufra. This tragic find follows a similar discovery just days earlier, where 19 bodies were found on a farm in the same region. Both graves […]

Bouteflika suffers ‘permanent threat to life’, say Swiss doctors

Infirm Algerian President Bouteflika, who applied to run for a fifth term from a hospital in Geneva, is facing a permanent threat to life, his Swiss doctors told the media. A medical source speaking anonymously told Swiss paper La Tribune that the president is facing a permanent risk of lung infection due to his frail […]