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Battered by a sharp fall in hydrocarbon revenues, Algeria resorted to lifting subsidies on key commodities such as gasoline and diesel in a bid to shore up state finances. The Algerian parliament has taken the unpopular decision of cutting gasoline and diesel subsidies for the third as part of the 2018 budget in an attempt […]
The Popular Party has rebuked the head of the local government of the Canary Islands, Antonio Morales, for granting the Tindouf camps an excessive aid worth €1 million. The criticism to the lavish aid sent to Tindouf comes against the backdrop of the condemnations against the Polisario leadership and its mentor Algeria for their humanitarian […]
The human slave auction documented by CNN in Libya ignited global outrage and drew attention to an inhuman practice that is regrettably also rampant in other parts of Africa where the media does not have the freedom to report on abhorrent slavery practices. The wave of condemnation of degrading treatment endured by sub-Saharan migrants reduced […]
The social and economic situation is getting worse in Algeria despite the government’s efforts to contain the crisis, exacerbated by chronic corruption and falling revenue from oil and gas. Deeply concerned over the shrinking of its hard currency reserves needed for the purchase of products manufactured abroad, the Algerian authorities decided to curb import but […]
Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the Association Vigilance pour la Démocratie et l’Etat civique, Tunis Centre for Press Freedom (CTLP) and NGOs have expressed solidarity with Hadda Hazem, editor of the Algerian newspaper Al-Fadjr, who is observing a hunger strike since Nov.13 in protest against his arbitrary detention. Hazem, who had to suspend her hunger strike […]
The Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Sahara, Horst Koehler, said following a meeting with the members of the UN Security Council on his recent tour in the region that he is “encouraged” Kohler expressed his optimism to the press following a three-hour consultation with the UNSC members behind closed doors, but […]
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the Algerian government to drop the charges against and to immediately release freelance journalist Said Chitour, currently held in Prison pending trial on allegations of espionage. Police arrested Chitour at Algiers International Airport on June 5 as he returned from Spain, according to media reports and […]
Battered by falling oil and gas revenues, Algeria’s foreign exchange reserves are expected to further shrink to $97 billion, down from $193 billion in 2014, official data shows. With the slump in oil prices, the rest of the Algerian economy can’t generate the foreign exchange needed to pay for imports as oil and gas represent […]
“The Sahrawi Initiative for Change” is the name of a new protest movement that is gaining momentum in Tindouf camps demanding an end of the corruption and siege imposed by the Polisario leadership on the Sahrawis held against their will in south-western Algeria. The initiative was met by abhorrent oppression by the Polisario militia and […]
The surge of illegal migration attempts on board inflatable boats departing from Algeria has pitted the Spanish authorities against their Algerian counterparts. The increase in illegal migrants’ arrivals from Algeria has prompted the Spanish Interior Ministry to summon the Algerian Ambassador to offer explanations in this respect in a move that is indicative of a […]