First Independent Mena Newspaper
The government of Spain has dealt a new hard blow to the polisario by ignoring its existence on the occasion of the World Africa Day, celebrated on 25 May. It is a slap in the face for the polisario leaders. Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez showed them they are worth nothing on the international scene. […]
Algerian health authorities do not intend to abandon chloroquine in coronavirus treatments, despite WHO’s decision to “temporarily” suspend clinical trials of the drug as a precautionary measure. “We have treated thousands of cases of coronavirus with the drug with great success to date. And we have not noted any adverse reactions,” Dr. Mohamed Bekkat, a […]
The Moroccanness of the Sahara remains unequivocal, immutable and irreversible, despite the hostile maneuvers hatched by Algeria and the polisario, said French Lawyer Hubert Seillan. The Sahara is Moroccan and cannot be anything else than that, he said in an interview with a local news outlet. He affirmed that the Moroccanness of the Sahara has […]
Algeria has been pushing above its weight announcing ambitions to enter the Sahel market without having prepared the necessary infrastructure and competitiveness. Algeria opened a border crossing with Mauritania in 2018 to enable exports of foodstuff through trucks towards Mauritania’s capital Nouakchott. Most Algerian trucks depart from Tindouf, crossing a distance of nearly 3000 km, […]
French consumer-defense group UFC-Que Choisir said Tuesday in a statement that it has lodged a complaint with a court in Paris against 20 airlines, including Royal Air Maroc, Algérie Air, and Tunisair, after the carriers refused to reimburse the passengers whose flights have been cancelled due to covid-19 pandemic. The NGO said it has decided […]
The Egyptian army has been instructed to beef up its presence in the west, near the border with Libya for fear that terrorist elements might attempt infiltrate into the country after forces aligned with UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) took control of key airbase from ally General Khalifa Haftar. Bassem Rady, spokesperson for the […]
The struggling car industry on which Algeria pinned hopes to jump start its industry has received another bad news with the shutdown of a Kia assembly plant on the footsteps of Volkswagen. Long described as “disguised imports” Algeria’s policy of attracting car assembly plants since 2012 has so far showed disappointing results and came up […]
The police of the Moroccan northern city of Mdiq-Fnideq arrested, Sunday evening, six individuals, a Spanish citizen of Moroccan origin and five Algerians, suspected of involvement in the organization of illegal immigration, illegal stay in Morocco, refusal to comply and violation of the state of health emergency. According to the first elements of the investigation, […]
Icon of Amazigh music in Algeria, Hamid Cheriet, better known as Idir, has been buried in Paris instead of his beloved Kabyle region after the Algerian regime declined requests for the repatriation of his body. Idir died on May 3 in France at the age of 70 after a long struggle with pulmonary disease leaving […]
The Polisario leaders are extremely irked by the rising and challenging actions made by “the Movement of Sahrawis for Peace” (MSP), set up lately in Madrid by a group of opponents who have just sent a letter to the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres. The move deals a hard blow to the polisario Front, confirming that […]