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Algeria uses Polisario militias to unsettle Mauritania

A recent report has raised concerns over the militarization in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps in southwestern Algeria, accusing both Algiers and the Polisario of destabilizing acts targeting Mauritanian territory. The so-called Dakhla camp is being used as a logistical hub for Polisario military operations, a report on Le360 said. The camp’s proximity to the Mauritanian […]

UN experts accuse Algerian regime of using ‘terrorism’ as a political tool to suppress public freedoms

UN experts and Special Rapporteurs have accused the Algerian regime of “politically instrumentalizing terrorism” to suppress public freedoms. In a correspondence addressed to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), these UN experts and rapporteurs accused the Algerian regime of politically instrumentalizing “terrorism” to repress and prohibit public freedoms. According […]

Algeria: Shale gas protests become political, government unconvincing

Protests that started as a social issue in Algeria are slowly making their way to the political platform as pressure builds up against the government. Demonstrations started late last year in the southern oasis town of Ain Salah where a pilot project is being held but it has now spread to several cities across the […]