First Independent Mena Newspaper
Angela Merkel has reportedly declined an invitation from Algerian authorities who called off in the last moment a visit by the German Chancellor last February due to the falling health of Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The Algerian press reported that Merkel was very upset with the last minute cancellation of the two-day visit during which […]
The President of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), Fouzi Lekjaa, was elected member of the Executive Committee of CAF, during the 39th Ordinary General Assembly of the continent’s soccer governing body held in the Ethiopian capital. Fouzi Lekjaa toppled incumbent Mohamed Raouraoua, Presi-dent of the Algerian football federation by 41 votes to seven for […]
International think tanks and risk consultancies continue to draw bleak prospects for Algeria whose finances have been severely battered by low energy prices coupled with a decline in output and an increase in domestic consumption. In a detailed report, Statfor, a US firm specialising in geopolitical risk analysis, warns of the unravelling of Algeria as […]
The European Union (EU) has denounced “restrictive measures imposed on bilateral trade” without prior consultation with the EU, says a report released on the occasion of 10th session of Algeria-EU Association Council convened Monday in Brussels. In January 2016, Algerian authorities required import licenses for certain European products such as cars, cement and concrete. These […]
The Moroccan Sahrawi Solidarity Association in Europe (AMSSE) has called on the EU foreign chief Federica Mogherini to use her leverage to force Algeria to “engage constructively in the UN process for the resolution of the Sahara conflict”. The Association made the call on the occasion of the EU-Algeria meeting held March 13th in Brussels. […]
Iranian President Hassan Rohani’s March 12 visit to Algiers has been postponed sine die, few weeks after German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s February visit was called off at the last minute over health concerns of the Algerian President. The Iranian President was due to make a stopover in Algiers on his way to South Africa and […]
Christopher Ross, the current Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Sahara, has informed the new UN Chief Antonio Guterres about his intention to resign as his term ends in March, several Moroccan and Algerian media outlets reported. Ross, 74, has allegedly communicated his wish not to renew his term in office as […]
The Special Representative for the Sahara and Head of the MINURSO, Kim Bolduc met with Polisario officials in their rear base in Tindouf, southwestern Algeria, to discuss the situation in Guerguarat, the southernmost tip of the Saharan provinces in the buffer strip on the borders with Mauritania, where polisario militiamen are still stationed after Morocco’s […]
Dozens were injured including three policemen during a suicide attack using an explosive belt against a police station in the eastern Algerian city of Constantine. The explosive belt was detonated when a policeman opened fire on the terrorist outside the police station. “A policeman who was in front of the police station located in a […]
Morocco urged the United Nations to take necessary measures to avert the serious violations of the ceasefire agreement by the Polisario in the southernmost tip of the Sahara. In a telephone conversation, King Mohammed VI drew the attention of the UN Secreatry General to the gravity of the recurrent incursions by the Polisario […]