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What Algeria’s football debacle tells about regime’s sportswashing?

Algeria was eliminated from the African Cup of Nations (AFCON 2023) after a defeat by Mauritania, in a football debacle that many observers saw coming except the military regime and its propaganda machine along with many Algerians who are trapped in a disinformation bubble. Desperate for whatsoever gains to deviate attention from the dire economic […]

UNHRC session: 23 states renew support to Morocco’s territorial integrity

A group of 23 states participating in the ongoing 42nd session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva have renewed support to Morocco’s territorial integrity and underlined the relevance of the autonomy plan proposed by the Kingdom to settle definitively the artificial conflict around the Moroccan Sahara.   In a statement read out by Morocco’s […]

Algeria: Three in KBC TV Case handed Suspended Prison Terms

An Algiers criminal court Monday handed the head of the private KBC TV channel, his production manager and an official of the ministry of culture suspended prison terms in the affair related to the recording of TV programs in alleged outlawed studios. Mehdi Benaïssa, head of critical KBC TV and his production manager, Ryad Hartouf […]