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South Africa has called on home defense industry corporates to reduce their dependence on Saudi, Emirati, Algerian and Omani customers as it holds up arm sales to these countries over their refusal for inspection in compliance with contract agreements, reports say. The National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC), a group of ministers and deputy ministers […]
Moroccan security services have announced the arrest of five drug traffickers near the southern city of Tan-Tan and the seizure of 2 Kalashnikovs, 48 bullets, 2 hunting rifles loaded with 8 rounds, as well as 3 bikes. According to a press release issued by the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), the preliminary investigation showed […]
The Islamic State group, ISIS, Thursday claimed credit for a deadly attack on the Algerian army near the border with Mali that the terror group has named “Algeria Province”. According to le360 news outlet, the group said the attack, which took place on Monday, south of the North African country, claimed the lives of eight […]
The newly appointed ambassador of Algeria to Morocco Abdelhamid Abdaoui has presented a copy of his credentials to Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in Rabat on Wednesday, the foreign department said in a statement. Abdelhamid Abdaoui, appointed end of last September extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador to Rabat, is replacing Ahmed Benyamina who was Chief of […]
Human Rights Watch has called on the Algerian authorities to release immediately and unconditionally the peaceful activists and respect the rights to free speech and assembly of all Algerians. “This spate of arrests looks like part of a pattern of trying to weaken opposition to Algeria’s interim rulers and their determination to hold presidential elections […]
Benabderrahmane Aymane was appointed Governor of the Bank of Algeria, in replacement of Ammar Haiwani who was acting Central Bank Governor since April 2019. The announcement was made by the presidency in a statement. The Bank of Algeria recently made the headlines after issuing a note, ordering banks to require their customers to provide proof […]
Algerian Presidential candidate Ali Benflis spoke positively of the need to open the borders with Morocco as part of his vision for neighborliness. “Moroccans are our brothers and neighbors,” the Algerian politician told Algerian El Bilad TV channel. “Algerians are neither enemies of Moroccans or adversaries of the Moroccan people.” “We need to come closer […]
The circulation of intimate photos of Mrs Olaya Saadi, spouse of Polisario’s opponent Fadel Breika, in detention since last June, triggered a crisis within the separatist front’s leadership, torn apart between those who call for an investigation in the scandal and those who oppose such a move. The indignation and anger of Sahrawi tribes, particularly […]
The case of Ahmed El Khalil, a former leader of the “polisario” who has been missing since 2009, will be referred as a case of enforced disappearance to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva. The case referral will be made by French attorney Hubert Seillan, at the request […]
Anger is growing among the populations of the Polisario-run Tindouf camps following the circulation by the separatist front’s media of intimate photos of the wife of opponent Fadel Breika, who has been detained since June. In a bid to humiliate the Sahraoui activisit and blogger, Fadel Breika, the Polisario “security services” violated his privacy by […]