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France reciprocates by expelling Algerian diplomats amid worsening tension

France has responded to Algeria’s decision to sack more French diplomats, ordering the departure of a similar number in a tit for tat amid worsening diplomatic, political, and economic ties. Algeria has declared more French diplomats persona non grata on Sunday, following a similar decision it had taken in mid-April. France summoned the Algerian chargé […]

Algeria: world’s 3rd largest economy, latest blunder by president Tebboune

Lacking tangible achievements to use in his electoral campaign, President Tebboune uses imagination, telling a crowd of his supporters that Algeria has become the third largest economy in the world. The statement was met with euphoria by a crowd that has been brainwashed by a military regime using the media, education, co-option and mostly oppression. […]

Algeria sentences journalist Ihsane El-Kadi to 5 years in prison on charges of receiving foreign funds

A court in Algeria on Sunday sentenced Ihsane El-Kadi, a prominent journalist in the country, to five years in prison, accusing him of receiving foreign funds with an aim to threaten state security. In addition, the court ruled that Interface Media, which operates the news website Maghreb Emergent and Radio M station, be dissolved and […]