Morocco polls

Algeria: Shortage of cooking oil provokes long queues, stampedes

Cooking oil has become a rare commodity in Algerian stores forcing people to wait in long queues before stores and to strict rationing. Stampedes were seen across the country as people panic while waiting for this consumer good. Algerian officials, including President Tebboune, have long attempted to hide the sun with a sieve by denying […]

Renewed Protests in Tindouf Camps by Disenchanted Youth

Anger and frustration are building up among the youth in the Polisario-run camps of Tindouf in South-western Algeria who are fed up with the Polisario and Algeria trading with their suffering. Sahrawi media speak of the setting up of a new movement dubbed “The Sahrawi Initiative for Change” that has been gaining momentum in Tindouf […]

Mauritania decides election dates despite disagreements

Presidential elections in Mauritania are scheduled to take place in June according to a government decree despite differences between the opposition parties and the ruling party. The opposition has doubts over the transparency and the credibility of the elections. The legislative elections held at the end of last year were boycotted by some parties and […]