First Independent Mena Newspaper
General Abdelghani Rachedi, the head of the Algerian intelligence agency, the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI), paid a short trip end of March to Abu Dhabi that was surrounded by complete secrecy. The Algerian general brough with him a set of confidential files that he wanted to discuss with Emirati officials, several security sources […]
Moroccan actions in Sahara are louder than the separatist and Algerian propaganda. The recent drone operation in which a senior Polisario military commander was killed along his militiaman should act as a deterrent for any miscalculated adventure east of the berm by the Algerian-armed Polisario separatists. Trained by Algeria to kill Moroccans, the chief of […]
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has severely criticized the Algerian regime for the assassination of two Saharawi gold miners, and denounced the “systematic violations” committed by Algerian security forces against the Sahrawis in the Tindouf camps. The two men were immolated alive with gasoline by the Algerian army […]
Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces have thwarted an infiltration attempt by the Polisario militias and killed the separatist commander in charge, Moroccan Algerian and Polisario media said. Morocco has on multiple occasions reiterated attachment to the ceasefire agreement but made it clear that it will respond firmly to any attacks by the separatists. Polisario […]
An Algerian delegation withdrew from an online meeting, held in Rabat on Tuesday, April 6, by customs directors in North Africa and the Middle East. An Algerian delegation withdrew from the Regional Meeting of General Directors of Customs in North Africa, the Near and Middle East held on Tuesday, April 6. The decision to […]
The opening of the Senegalese consulate in Dakhla was met with jubilation in Morocco and despair amid the Algerian regime. Speaking at a press conference in Dakhla on this occasion, Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita called on Algeria to uphold its role as the main party in the Sahara conflict and engage in direct negotiations […]
Algerian state media announced that the country signed a memorandum of understanding with a consortium of Chinese companies to exploit an iron ore in Tindouf, near the Moroccan border, in a move that violates an agreement signed with Morocco. The consortium, which includes China International Water & Electric Corp, Heyday Solar and the iron […]
Said Chetouane, a fifteen-year-old Algerian protester, said he was raped at a police station after taking part in a pro-democracy march, triggering a wave of solidarity by rights activists and the media. He was arrested in Algiers and was held for more than eight hours at a police station where he said he was subjected […]
The phenomenon of the enlistment of child soldiers by the Polisario under the supervision of the Algerian army, which was denounced by international organizations including the UN, was brought up before the European Parliament. A group of MEPs addressed a question on the issue to the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign […]
US bimonthly magazine the National Interest has rang the alarm about the maneuvers of Iran and its proxy Hezbollah, and the networks of document forgery they lead, to plot attacks or fulfil other aims, as they attempted to do in Morocco, “a strong U.S. ally” and “a historic bulwark of Islamic moderation,” raising concern over […]