Algerian Louisa Ighilahriz, a prominent resistance figure, has announced her resignation from the upper house of parliament, citing her opposition to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s plan to run for a fifth term in office in 2019. “I refuse this because he is not the actual ruler. Other people are ruling in his name,” she told Algerian […]
The Algerian regime has tightened the screws on the movement of Sahrawis in Tindouf camps, by stripping them of Algerian passports which they use for traveling overseas. After they ordered the polisario to toughen the entry and exit measures for the Sahrawis living in the Tindouf camps, the Algerian authorities are now withdrawing Algerian passports, […]
The United Nations on Wednesday (28 February) kicked off a phased withdrawal of its MONUSCO peacekeeping forces from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in line with the country’s demand by handing over a first UN base to national police. The UN Organization Stabilization Mission in Congo (MONUSCO) said in a statement it handed over […]
