Algeria

Coalition of US companies opposes tariffs on phosphate imports from Morocco

The Trade Alliance to Promote Prosperity (TAPP), a coalition of American companies, workers & trade associations, has voiced its opposition to increasing taxes on phosphate imports from Morocco and Russia. Such a move and hike would deal another blow to farmers, said Mr. Kent Kaiser, executive director of TAPP. His comments come after the giant […]

Africa’s food imports projected to increase sevenfold to $110bn by 2025 — Afreximbank

Many African countries still depend solely on food importation to survive regardless of their large land areas, says a new report by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) that also reveals that all countries on the continent together spend an average of $50 billion annually importing foods. “The nations of Africa together import approximately $50 billion […]

U.S. Think-Tank: Polisario Front, an Algerian proxy, vestige of Cold War, does not represent Sahrawis

The Polisario Front is one of the last Cold War relics. Algeria founded the separatist group, and the Soviet Union and Cuba supported it, to use as a proxy against Morocco, said the Washington-based American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in a report. The Polisario Front’s existence today is an affront to human rights. Algeria embraces the […]