Category: Algeria

Polisario Plays with Fire in Sahara Buffer Zone

May 19, 2018

Algerian-backed Polisario separatists announced the organization on May 20 of military parades and drills in the locality of Tifarity, east of the Sahara buffer zone ... Read More

Sub-Saharan Migrants die on Algeria-Niger Border- IOM says

May 17, 2018

Dozens of Sub-Saharan migrants have died in abhorrent conditions on the Algerian-Niger borders as Algiers continues summary expulsions, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. ... Read More

Will Bouteflika Live to See Completion of Algiers Great Mosque?

May 16, 2018

Algeria’s 81-year old ailing president has made a rare public appearance on a wheelchair looking wearier unable to speak or move at a time his ... Read More

Algeria Lags behind in Budget Transparency- Survey

May 14, 2018

Algeria was ranked among the countries making less information available about how they raise and spend public money, according to the results of the Open ... Read More

Passenger Planes Could be Downed by Hezbollah-Supplied Missiles to Polisario

May 12, 2018

The missiles supplied by Iran through its proxy Hezbollah to the Polisario separatists could take down commercial aircraft, military expert Dore Gold said. “Morocco now ... Read More

Polisario Member Leads Terrorist Group Responsible for Killing US, Nigerian Soldiers in Sahel

May 12, 2018

“The group that claimed responsibility for the killing of four US and four Nigerian soldiers in Western Niger last October is led by Polisario member ... Read More

Tunisian Ennahdha Denies its Chief Proposed Mediation between Rabat & Algiers

May 11, 2018

The Tunisian Islamist movement Ennahdha has flatly rejected reports that its leader Rached Ghannouchi had proposed his mediation in the diplomatic row opposing Morocco and ... Read More

US Lambasts Algeria for Import Restrictions

May 11, 2018

The US has severely criticized Algeria’s protectionism as detrimental to trade and to the development of Algerian enterprises and US exporters alike. The US rebuke ... Read More

Cherry Blossom Seizure Ends with the Victory of OCP

May 8, 2018

Cherry Blossom vessel, loaded with 55,000 tons of Moroccan phosphates, which has been illegally seized by South African authorities since May 1, last year, has ... Read More

Voices from inside Algeria Call for Expulsion of Iranian Diplomat

May 7, 2018

Shiite proselytism led by an Iranian diplomat positioned in Algiers has started annoying some conservative circles in Algeria, reported Arabic-language daily Echourouk, Saturday. Unlike the ... Read More