Horst Kohler

Wall Street Journal zooms on Kabylia’s independence struggle

The Wall Street Journal highlighted the independence declaration by Kabylia’s MAK movement after years of repression under the Algerian regime. “After half a century of working with human-rights and democratic groups in Algeria to liberalize the one-party police state, Kabyle spokesmen, including Mr. Mehenni, brought the case for decolonization to the U.N. A few days […]

Algeria: Dinar falls to historic record low

Algeria is trying to balance its finances as its economy continues to struggle due to the low global oil and gas prices that are affecting countries heavily dependent on such revenues. A source close to the North African country’s Central Bank hinted that the authorities at the bank let the Algerian dinar to depreciate against […]

Alleged rape victim denounces patriarchy of some Moroccan rights activists, hypocrisy of French media

Journalist Hafsa Boutahar who has accused her colleague Omar Radi of rape has seen her rights denied and deplored the double standards shown by patriarchal rights activists in Morocco and abroad as well as the biased solidarity with the man whom she said has assaulted her. Moroccan rights NGOs, particularly AMDH, and French media have […]