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Algeria stood in the way of Tunisia’s Jasmin Revolution- Former President

Moncef Marzouki, first President of post-Arab Spring Tunisia, made headlines again by accusing Algeria of standing in the way of the Jasmin Revolution against Ben Ali’s regime.   “Algerian authorities fought the Tunisian revolution to which they showed hostility in its first years,” Marzouki told Al Khaleej TV.   Marzouki added that he met former […]

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Protests against socio-economic hardship grip Algeria

Hundreds of Algerians have been staging demonstrations for several consecutive days in different provinces against hard life conditions compounded by the pandemic. The protests commenced Jan.30 in Laghouat, in Laghouat province, as demonstrators laid into authorities denouncing lack of proper housing and jobs and demanding better life conditions. The protests spilled over to Jijel, far […]

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Algerian Court requests life sentence against young pro-democracy protester

A court in Algeria has requested life sentence against a young Algerian arrested late November 2019 during pro-democracy protests, known as “Hirak”, against the Algerian regime of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algerian online media Algerie Part Plus reports. The request was issued Monday by Dar El-Beida court in capital Algiers against Walid Nekiche, a young […]

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Algeria’s support for a separatist movement against a neighboring country is “great sin” (Algerian Activist)

Algerian activist Oualid Kébir has stressed that Algeria’s support for a separatist movement against a neighboring country is a “great sin” and that such a support “serves colonial agendas”. In an open letter to the president of Algerian “El Bina” movement Abdelkader Bengrina, in reaction to a publication on the Treaty of friendship, neighborliness and […]

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Polisario guilty of car trafficking in Algeria, impunity for traffickers

A group of Polisario militia leaders was found guilty of trafficking more than 3000 used cars from Spain and selling them illegally in Algeria, Algerian media said.   The Polisario leaders however were not indicted despite the fact that they were the main culprits who imported the cars from Spain.   Algerian independent Media, Algerie […]

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French media strikes contrasts between Morocco’sdiplomatic vigor and Algeria’s lethargy 

The contrast between an ailing Algeria and a dynamic Morocco was highlighted by French paper La Tribune in a column that explains how Algeria was left outside major regional changes.   Algeria’s diplomatic immobilism reflects its domestic disarray, wrote the author of the column Gérard Vespierre, adding that the country is undergoing the most difficult […]

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Moroccan Armed Forces respond firmly to Polisario’s incursion attempt – FORSATIN

The Moroccan Royal Armed Forces have responded swiftly and firmly to a group of Polisario mercenaries, who tried to launch an attack against the defensive berm in the Moroccan Sahara, according to reports cited by FORSATIN, the Forum of support to the autonomists of Tindouf. The Polisario mercenaries lost several men, vehicles and equipment in […]

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Business as usual in Guerguarat as Polisario § Algeria continue to fantasize about war

Business as usual in Guerguarat where international traffic has resumed unhindered between Morocco and sub-Saharan Africa since the Royal Armed forces cleared on November 13,2020 the border crossing which had been closed by Polisario militiamen for three weeks. Polisario and Algerian media however continue to fantasize about an imaginary war claiming to have attacked the […]

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Morocco denies any disruption of road traffic at Guerguarat crossing point

The situation in Guerguarat crossing point is calm and normal, authorized sources said Sunday morning, adding that road traffic between Morocco and Mauritania, and beyond to sub-Saharan Africa, “is not disrupted in any way”. Despite the uneventful harassment by “Polisario” militias, the situation in Guerguarat, as in the whole of the Moroccan Sahara, is calm […]

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Algeria: President, army at tug of war

Algeria is at the mercy of an internal war between its president Abbdelmadjid Tebboune and the army which had backed the ascension to power of the 75-year old man, currently in Germany for medical treatment.   Abdelmadjid Tebboune is unpopular in Algeria and is considered an illegitimate president appointed by the military. His illegitimacy was […]