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Algeria Tuesday registered over 1,000 cases of malaria, one year after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the country malaria-free. The cases, according to the health ministry, are imported cases and have been spotted in five governorates namely Tamanrasset (918), Adrar (96), Illizi (89), Ouargla (5) and Ghardaïa (2). The ministry noted that every year, […]
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper is expected to start this week a tour of the Maghreb to discuss military and security cooperation with leaders of countries of this region, according to press reports. The tour includes stops in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. In Tunisia, the US official will meet on Wednesday with President Qais Saied […]
Several Algerian lawyers have staged over the weekend a sit-in at the country’s capital city to protest against lack of freedoms, growing restrictions and escalating oppression. After their protest rally, the lawyers started a week-long strike demanding independence of justice, respect of the right to defense, and release of pro-democracy activists jailed by the authorities […]
Morocco reiterated its deep concern regarding the suffering inflicted on thousands of Sahraouis held against their will by the Polisario militias in southwestern Algeria amid the pandemic outbreak. Speaking to the UN general assembly, head of the Government Saad Eddine El Othmani deplored that the Moroccan Sahraouis in Tindouf were left to the mercy of […]
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday warned the Polisario separatists against obstructing regular civil and commercial traffic in the Guerguerat buffer zone, in reaction to the front’s recent moves in the town on the Morocco-Mauritania border. In a statement on behalf of UN Chief, his deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq said that the UN has […]
Economists have long warned the Algerian regime of an impending Venezuelan scenario as the country put off reforms leaving the economy dependent since independence on oil and gas sales of its state-owned company Sonatrach. The company, which aspired to be among the top 5 global oil and gas companies globally in 2030, hit the cliff […]
Algeria’s ministry of communication announced Wednesday it lodged a complaint against French media M6, it accused of clandestine activities in the oil-rich country following the release on Sunday of a reportage on popular anti-regime popular protests. “The ministry of communication has this Wednesday lodged complaint for the production of the broadcast in Algeria, without […]
The European Union supports the UN process on the Sahara and looks forward to the resumption of the quadripartite talks, under the aegis of the UN, said EU Foreign Policy Chief at the European Parliament. The EU position concerning the Sahara is fully aligned with the resolutions of the UN Security Council, underlined on Tuesday […]
The Polisario is playing again the card of the border crossing between Morocco and Mauritania known as Guarguarate by attempting to hinder the flow of commercial traffic in the demilitarized strip monitored by the UN. The Polisario this time sent agents in civilian dress loyal to its separatist agenda after the Algerian-funded and armed militia […]
Algeria’s communication ministry Monday issued a ban on French TV M6 for the production of a clandestine reportage on Hirak, the popular demonstrations that have engulfed the country since February last year. “This precedent is pushing us to ban M6 from operating in Algeria, no matter how,” the ministry said in a statement. M6 on […]