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The Security Council is expected to adopt later this month a resolution reiterating the UN’s call for a mutually acceptable and political solution to the Sahara issue, le360 reported citing a draft text. The resolution, drafted by the US penholder, is a blow to Algeria and the Polisario who obstinately continue calling for the obsolete […]
Morocco has extended the period of consultation before choosing a winner for its tender to build LNG floating storage and regazification units as part of a push to bolster the share of gas in its energy mix. Gas so far represents 10% of electricity production in the country which set the goal of meeting 52% […]
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has submitted a report on the Sahara issue to the UN General Assembly, where he has once again unmasked the violations, lies and false allegations circulated by Algeria and its puppet the polisario on the regional conflict. In this report, that comes after the report submitted to the Security Council […]
Several countries have renewed at the United Nations their strong support to Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara, commending the “realistic and credible” autonomy plan offered by the North African Kingdom for a lasting solution to the Sahara regional conflict. Speaking on behalf of the Group of Arab States during the general debate currently held at […]
The wave of young Algerians trying to reach Spain’s shores has been surging over the past few weeks. On Monday, the Government Delegation of the autonomous community of Murcia confirmed that 103 would-be illegal immigrants from Algeria were intercepted over the last 24 hours on the coast of Murcia, in south-eastern Spain. The 87 men, […]
Algeria is drowning in social discontent, raising the prospects of a return to mass protests and a violent response from its military autocratic regime, warns U.S. Foreign Policy magazine, noting that Algeria needs a second liberation…this time, from its aged rulers. The country needs to be liberated from its aged rulers who failed to transform […]
A large panel of African Members of Parliament, former Foreign Ministers and ambassadors, business leaders, experts and academics as well as civil society activists and think tank representatives called, on Saturday from Dar Es Salaam, for the expulsion of the pseudo-SADR from the African Union (AU). The expulsion of the Algeria-backed puppet republic which has […]
The UN Security Council (UNSC) held this week closed-door consultations on the Moroccan Sahara issue, during which the Council members were briefed by Martha Pobee, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political Affairs and Peace Operations, and Alexander Ivanko, UN Secretary General’s Secial Representative and Head of MINURSO. According to diplomatic sources, […]
Kabylie independence movement (known by its French acronym MAK) has strongly rejected the terrorism accusations put forward with very scant evidence by the Algerian regime. MAK, led by Farhat Mhenni in exile, has gained traction in the restive Kabylie region, an area that was particularly targeted with impoverishment, repression, and marginalization by a ruthless military […]
Algeria is in an effective state of undeclared martial law. The country is currently run by a group of shadowy figures from the military and intelligence services, says a report released by Menas Associates, a UK consultancy firm providing actionable intelligence. The Algerian body, Haut Conseil de Sécurité (HCS), is supposed to intervene only when […]