An imminent implosion is threatening Algeria’s stability as several regions of its south are boiling in protest over decades of economic marginalization, said Algerian opposition leader Said Saadi. Saadi, who was speaking to Algerian diaspora in Quebec, said the Amazigh speaking Kabylie region has always been portrayed as a region of dissent, but “today the […]
France has asked the UN Security Council to authorize the deployment by five African countries- Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger – of a special counterterrorism force of 5,000 troops for the Sahel region. Presidents of the five countries — Niger, Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso and Mauritania — agreed in February to set up […]
Morocco welcomed the actions taken by international rights watchdogs with regard to the blatant violations committed in the Algerian territory by the Polisario militia. Spokesman for the government said that rights violations in the Polisario-administered Tindouf camps are now an international concern. Human Rights Watch issued three days ago a scathing report denouncing the crackdown […]
