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International media exposes Algeria’s ‘blame games’

Headlines abound in international media and global think tanks deploring the state of play of Algerian blame games to hide a resounding policy failure by an unpopular regime. When wildfires broke out in Algeria, the government’s reaction was to blame arsonists then political opposition groups and afterwards Morocco in a desperate scapegoating attempt that only […]

Morocco unveils $2.8 Billion plan to double airport capacity by 2030

Morocco has launched an ambitious MAD 28 billion ($2.8 billion) “Airports 2030” investment program aimed at more than doubling its passenger capacity to 80 million annually by the end of the decade, Transport and Logistics Minister Abdessamad Kayouh announced. The centerpiece of the plan is a new Casablanca airport constructed on 800 hectares adjacent to […]

UNHRC establishes Algeria’s responsibility in kidnapping of polisario dissident, Ahmed Khalil

The UN Human Rights Committee (HRC), a body monitoring compliance by signatory states to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, has established the full responsibility of Algerian authorities in the kidnapping of Polisario dissident, Ahmed Khalil Mahmoud Braih. The Alkarama Foundation, a Geneva-based human rights organization, shared the recent UNHRC decision on its […]