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U.S. report decries deteriorating human rights situation & growing repression in Algeria

The human rights situation in Algeria deteriorated in 2023 due to increased repression and violation of the freedoms of expression, press, assembly, and association, says the U.S State Department in its latest annual country report on the human rights situation in Algeria. The report cites documented cases of torture, arbitrary arrests, and inhuman treatment of […]

ECOWAS worried by Guinea Bissau’s escalating political crisis

The 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Monday urged Guinea-Bissau’s army to remain neutral in the country’s deepening political struggle.   The ECOWAS said it “firmly condemned” the latest developments in the country, which it was “following with great concern”.   Those developments include the “successive investiture of two heads of state […]

Algerian de facto-ruler General Ahmed Gaid Salah passed away

Algeria’s powerful army chief and the country’s de facto ruler Ahmed Gaid Salah died Monday morning after he was admitted to the military hospital of Algiers after a heart attack Sunday night. His death was confirmed by state radio and state news agency APS, which also announced that President Abdelaziz Tebboune declared an exceptional full […]