Category: Algeria

Has the US Deployed Soldiers in Algeria?

March 11, 2018

The Washington Post and the New York Times revealed in recent stories that US troops are present in Algeria, a country that has for long ... Read More

Morocco Reaffirms Algeria’s Responsibility in Perpetuating Ordeal of Tindouf Camps Population

March 7, 2018

Morocco reiterated its firm condemnation of Algeria’s connivance with the Polisario militias in maintaining a civil population hostage in abhorrent living conditions in the Tindouf ... Read More

Moroccan Delegation Meets UN Envoy for Sahara in Lisbon

March 6, 2018

A Moroccan delegation, led by Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, met UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for the Sahara, Horst Köhler in Lisbon this Tuesday. The Moroccan ... Read More

Power Cut Forces Doctors in Algeria to Complete Brain Surgery Using Phone Lights

March 6, 2018

As doctors across Algeria continue their open strike to protest low wages and poor working conditions, a video showing surgeons conducting brain surgery using mobile ... Read More

Amnesty International Slams Algeria for Repression of Women’s Rights Groups

March 6, 2018

Amnesty International has denounced the Algerian authorities’ decision to shut down the offices of two prominent women’s rights organizations, FARD (Femmes Algériennes Revendiquantleurs Droits) and ... Read More

Turkish President Urges Algeria to Lift Import Restrictions

March 1, 2018

Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan urged Algerian authorities to lift the import restrictions and quotas it has imposed in a bid to curb the surging ... Read More

HRW Decries Degrading Treatment of Sub-Saharans in Algeria

February 28, 2018

Few weeks after Amnesty International rebuked Algeria for failing short to uphold its obligation in protecting sub-Saharan refugees and asylum seekers, Human Rights Watch (HRW) ... Read More

Algeria’s Double Speak on Maghreb Union

February 26, 2018

Algerian officials continue to issue statements calling for reviving the paralyzed Maghreb Union, a five-member regional grouping also comprising Morocco, Mauritania, Tunisia and Libya. Recently, ... Read More

Algeria Running out of Cash to Fund Primary Schools- PM says

February 24, 2018

As state coffers continue to be drained, Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahya said the state can no longer sustain the funding of primary schools. “The ... Read More

AI Lambasts Algeria for “Hostility” to Refugees & Migrants

February 23, 2018

Amnesty International has rebuked Algeria over its deplorable human rights record smeared by continuing discrimination against refugees and migrants. In its annual report, the international ... Read More