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The stand of the United States on Moroccan Sahara remains unchanged despite the heavy pressure exerted by pro-polisario lobbyists paid by Algeria to push the Biden administration to reverse its predecessor’s recognition of Morocco’s full sovereignty over its entire Sahara territory. But all the hostile campaign fueled by Algeria’s military junta was deflated on Monday […]
The Algerian lawyers have joined the popular mass protest movement rocking their country, demanding a civilian democratic state and denouncing the wrongful interference of the rulers who are undermining the independence of legal profession. The Union of attorneys started on Sunday a five-day protest movement which will continue by the bar associations of Tizi Ouzou, […]
Algeria’s aged military commanders- ruling behind a civilian curtain- have lost all senses in their desperate bid to portray Morocco as an enemy in order to gain popularity among a disenchanted youthful Algerian population keen to see a civilian state and an end to military rule. In its latest diatribe or statement, the defense ministry […]
Russian news agency RIA FAN uncovered the fallacies propagated by the Polisario and Algerian media regarding the Sahara, where Morocco has ended the conflict to its favor. The RIA FAN story, signed by Vladimir Sharapov, underscores that the artificial conflict over the Sahara is “settled” in view of the growing international support for Morocco’s sovereignty […]
A diplomat positioned in a European embassy in Algiers has been closely following the Hirak, since this popular protest movement started on February 22, 2019, and how repression has been orchestrated by the Algerian regime. This diplomat stated in a very insightful note which summed up for the European Commission in Brussels the secretive mechanisms […]
There is no better comparison for the situation within the Algerian regime than the scene from the Titanic movie showing a music band that plays while the ship was sinking. After a nearly three-month long absence from the country, President Tebboune returned to announce cosmetic reforms including parliament dissolution and called early elections as well […]
Algeria’s new ailing president Abdelmejid Tebboune returned to his country after a long absence and dictated a series of actions including the parliament’s dissolution. But critics say such measures are cosmetic as long as the regime shuns real democratic and economic reforms demanded by the pro-democracy Hirak movement. Hirak protesters have maintained their demands for […]
The Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH) has depicted a bleak picture of the economic, social and human rights situation in the country, warning that the power in Algeria “takes a dangerous path for the future of the country”. “The government is taking a dangerous path for the future of the country […]
The US Department of State has updated Morocco’s undivided map, including the Sahara southern provinces, on its international travel information website. Regarding the international Covid crisis, the State Department website places Morocco in the yellow zone, while Algeria is cataloged in the red zone for terrorism, kidnapping as well as for the Covid 19 virus. […]
Time and money have run out for Algeria as it foot-drags on political and economic reform with thousands protesting against the authoritarian status quo on the anniversary of the country’s pro-democracy movement, known as the Hirak. In the Algerian town of Kherrata, where the Hirak was born two years ago, thousands took to the street […]