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Algeria often portrays itself as a close ally of both China and Russia. Yet its absence from China’s Victory Day parade in Beijing tells a different story, one of diplomatic marginalization and limited strategic relevance. Algeria already made headlines when Russian president Putin ignored to invite Tebboune during the Victory Day parade in Moscow, signaling […]
The Algeria-backed Polisario Front has suffered a fresh diplomatic setback at the recent Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit, where its efforts to gain support for its separatist agenda were quietly rebuffed. The summit’s final communiqué made no mention of the Polisario or its self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), signaling a shift in regional […]
Nobody knows so far whether Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune is dead, ill or sequestered. But one thing is certain: he disappeared from public view for several weeks, while French daily Le Monde deploys a diversionary tactic to draw away the attention from what is taking place in Algeria. Since August 4, 2025, the 80-year old […]
Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has just dismissed Prime Minister Nadir Larbaoui and appointed Sifi Ghrieb in his place, marking the fourth time he has replaced his cabinet chief since taking office in 2019. This revolving-door approach to leadership, with a new prime minister roughly every two years, reflects a deeper pattern: a blame-shifting strategy that […]
Hundreds of the Algeria-backed Polisario militias have fled to Lebanon following the collapse of the brutal Assad regime, while several other members of the Polisario are now detained by the new Syrian security forces, according to the findings of an investigative report launched by Dutch journalist Rena Netjes. Titled: “The Polisario in Syria: How Foreign […]
In the late 1970s, Algeria geared the Polisario towards separatism as it was orchestrating a far more complex and calculated strategy that extended well beyond the borders of the Sahara territory. Through its support for the Polisario militias, Algeria not only advanced its position in the Sahara dispute but also laid the groundwork for a […]
The political storm surrounding French LFI MEP Rima Hassan has laid bare a long-obscured truth among European leftists: Algeria is the principal architect and enforcer of the separatist narrative in the Sahara conflict. Rima Hassan, once hailed as the voice of Palestine in European politics and an echo of Algerian positions on the Sahara, now […]
Japan has decided to expel Polisario’s representatives from its territory and banned them from engaging in any political activity outside the African Union delegation that took part in the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) held from 19 to 23 August. The decision confirms Tokyo’s firm position of not recognizing the Polisario separatist […]
The latest report by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on the Sahara conflict marks a decisive shift in favor of Morocco’s autonomy plan. Covering developments from July 2024 to June 2025, the report- submitted to the UN General Assembly- abandons the decades-old fixation on a referendum and instead highlights growing international support for Morocco’s autonomy […]
With lots of speculation and little information on the whereabouts of President Abdelmajid Tebboune, his mysterious lengthy absence starts raising serious questions about possible political manoeuvres taking place behind the scenes of the opaque military-intelligence regime. In an attempt to reassure both Algerian and international public opinion, Tebboune’s ministers are trying hard to keep up […]