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Thousands of Sub-Saharan migrants have been abused, tortured, stripped, robbed of their phones and savings by Algerian authorities before dumping them on desert border with Niger, according to the latest report released by international NGO “Médecins Sans Frontières”. Between the beginning of January and mid-April 2021, some 4,370 migrants have been expelled from Algeria to […]
The end of the era of expensive oil has put strains on the budgets of Nigeria and Algeria pushing the first to seek foreign borrowing while the latter adamantly sticks to zero borrowing policy at the expense of starving its population. Nigeria, which has a more diversified economy compared to Algeria, is knocking on the […]
After the confirmation of the presence of the Polisario chief Brahim Ghali in Spain, where he has been hospitalized under a false Algerian identity, the Sahrawi association for the defense of human rights (ASADEDH) seized the Spanish National Audience for the issuance of an arrest warrant so that Brahim Ghali does not circumvent the justice […]
After weeks of black out, the Polisario has admitted that its leader is in serious health condition and is now hospitalized in Spain. The Algerian-sponsored separatist front has maintained a blackout on the sickness of its leaders after reporters mentioned that he was hit by a Moroccan drone strike, others reporters say he has Covid-19, […]
Algeria has the fourth slowest internet service in the world ranking 174th out of 177 countries surveyed by the Speedtest Global Index, which measures mobile and fixed broadband internet services from around the world on a monthly basis. Last December, Algeria’s Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum was unable to maintain a stable internet during an African […]
The UN Security Council has ended its briefing on the Sahara territory without a statement as the UN mission in the Sahara continues business as usual giving a cold shower to the Polisario and its mentor Algeria who have seen their propaganda about an imaginary war in the territory collapse on the UN rock. UN […]
The UN Security Council has denounced the blockade by the Polisario armed militias last fall of the Guerguarate crossing point that hampered the movement of people and goods between Morocco and Mauritania. This came during the Security Council’s semi-annual consultation meeting on the Sahara which was held on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, behind closed […]
The UN has just been alerted to a worrying spread of coronavirus pandemic in the polisario-controlled Tindouf camps, Southern Algeria, wherein UN staff has been reportedly infected with the virus. According to reliable sources cited by some media outlets, a representative of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Tindouf has informed […]
A court in Algeria Monday ordered detention of a journalist for creating an online account allegedly spreading information suspected to trigger hatred and segregation in the society. A tribunal in Tamanrasset, southern Algeria, threw Rabah Karèche, the correspondent of francophone daily “Liberté” in prison after the journalist was interrogated by security forces over an […]
Morocco has accused Algeria and the Polisario of obstructing the UN-led political process for the resolution of the Sahara conflict, saying that in less than three months they snubbed two candidates proposed by the UN Chief as a new UN envoy for the Sahara in replacement of Horst Köhler who stepped down in May 2019. […]