When Tony Blair was photographed recently with the new Egyptian president Mr Sisi, many of us in the press gallery wondered if we were witnessing a new dawn of Arabic leaders embracing bold new media skills. You might have pondered in recent days how it is that the whole world seems to accept Israel’s bombardment […]
Known for his patriotism, resilience and bravery, fighter jet pilot Ali Najab has died at the age of 81, leaving a book that recounts the horrors of the proxy war that has been waged by Algeria on Morocco since 1975. Najab spent 25 years in a jail in the Algerian territory administered by the Polisario […]
A confidential parliamentary report has exposed what lawmakers describe as a “costly imbalance” in Franco-Algerian relations, estimating that France spends €2 billion annually due to the 1968 migration accord, while Algeria continues to obstruct deportations and shirk financial obligations. The agreement, signed six years after Algeria’s independence, was intended to facilitate labor migration during France’s […]
