Algeria: Ailing Bouteflika clings to power despite incapacity to rule

Algerian President Abdel Aziz Bouteflika stunned Algerians and opposition parties when he affirmed in an address on Independence Day that he would continue ruling Algeria despite his critical health condition. Under fire at home and on the international front for his incapacity and for the corruption and autocracy of his regime, president Bouteflika slammed critics […]

Jet Contractors Secures 156 Million Dirham Contract for Sijilmassa Archaeological Site

Jet Contractors, a construction company listed on the Casablanca Stock Exchange, has won the contract to build a protection and valorization center at the Sijilmassa archaeological site. The Culture Ministry selected the firm following an international tender process in which Jet Contractors competed against TGCC, another listed construction company. Jet Contractors submitted the most economically […]

Former French President criticizes Macron for Algeria infatuation

“We risk losing everything! We will win Algeria’s trust but we will lose that of Morocco,” thus spoke former French President Nicolas Sarkozy deploring the pro-Algeria bias of the current French head of state Emmanuel Macron. In an interview with Le Figaro, Sarkozy lambasted Macron for his shortsighted Maghreb foreign policy in which he sought […]