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Algeria’s Ministry of Communication this week formally warned the independent daily El Watan, over a front page headline describing parliamentary debate on a new highway code. Citing the controversial 2023 information and press laws, the ministry threatened further measures should the newspaper fail to comply, in the latest attack on what remains of independent media […]
The Algeria-backed Polisario separatist group has been hit with a harsh reality-check during a meeting held lately in Washington with U.S. officials who reaffirmed that Autonomy plan under Moroccan sovereignty is the ONLY offer on the table. Take it or face consequences! According to press reports citing sources close to the Polisario, the meeting was […]
A new investigative documentary broadcast this week on France 2 has exposed Algeria’s covert destabilizing operations against opponents and institutions inside France, bringing into the open practices long suspected by French authorities. The program, aired on January 22 as part of Complément d’enquête and titled “Rumours and Dirty Tricks: The Secret War between France and […]
When you lack achievements at home, you celebrate your neighbor’s failures. Nothing captures the state-sponsored reaction to Morocco’s AFCON final defeat better than this saying. As Senegal lifted the trophy after a controversial match, thousands of Algerians, mostly young people, poured into the streets, honking car horns, lighting fireworks, and rejoicing as if their own […]
Algeria is not a safe country for foreign travelers. Yet, the Algerian authorities have invited popular American youtuber and online streamer IShowSpeed to promote a high-risk destination. The paid PR operation did not go as planned. What was supposed to be a party of exaltation turned into a disaster with frantic scenes of chaos, screaming […]
As the 2026 FIFA World Cup approaches, the detention of French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes has escalated into a diplomatic and athletic flashpoint, exposing not only an alarming manipulation of the judiciary by the Algerian regime but also underscoring a broader assault on civil liberties. On 3 December 2025, the third-ranking official of FIFA, Kevin […]
Algeria’s latest football humiliation in Marrakesh during the African Cup of Nations gave way to a spate of conspiracy theories by the Algerian media, commentators and politicians. When faced with defeat on the pitch by an outplaying Nigerian squad, the country’s media ecosystem prefers delusion over self reflection. The Super Eagles dominated possession, imposed superior […]
Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who came to power in 2019 amid a deep legitimacy crisis, is following the typical tactics of autocrats in seeking to reshape the constitution to secure his own political survival. Tebboune henchmen call it a “technical adjustment,” a euphemism that plays down an attempt to manipulate the political calendar and stretch his time […]
Several Algerian TV channels appear to have hit the limit as they try to cover the African Cup of Nations 2025 in Morocco without ever acknowledging, visually or narratively, the country hosting it. Followers of Algerian media get the impression that the current continental tournament has no host nation as if it was held in […]
The American-Moroccan-Mauritanian talks held lately in Nouakchott on regional issues, including the Sahara, sparked Algerian regime’s fears about Mauritania’s diplomatic shift and support for Morocco’s Autonomy Plan in the Sahara. The tripartite meeting gathered Mauritanian Foreign Minister Mohamed Salem Merzoug, Moroccan Ambassador to Nouakchott Hamid Chabar and Deputy Head of Mission at U.S. embassy Corina […]