Algeria: UN increasingly concerned over crackdown on peaceful protesters, violation of fundamental rights

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reiterated on Tuesday its deep concern over the deterioration of the human rights situation in Algeria and the continued crackdown on the Hirak, denouncing “the use of violence to disperse peaceful demonstrations” and “the arbitrary arrests and detention of people who have exercised […]

UAE investors to build two desalination plants in Moroccan Sahara

Emirati firms Metito Utilities and Tahliya have announced in Dubai plans to build two seawater desalination plants powered with renewable energy in the Moroccan Sahara. The announcement was made Thursday on the sidelines of COP28 currently held in the UAE. It comes after the Declaration signed by King Mohammed VI and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed […]

Algerian president inflates non-oil export figures to hide diversification failure

The manipulation of figures by the Algerian president continues unashamedly as he inflates non-oil and non-gas exports to project a false impression of an economy that is diversifying away from hydrocarbons. Speaking to a bunch of sycophant editors in chief few days ago, Tebboune said his country’s exports- not including gas and oil- grew to […]