First Independent Mena Newspaper
Algeria is stuck in a logic of permanent conflict and its diplomacy suffers from a “schizophrenic pathology”, said Morocco’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, about the North African country’s obsession with the Sahara issue. Responding before the 4th Committee of the UN General Assembly to the attacks of his Algerian counterpart, Amar […]
Morocco’s permanent mission pointed out during the 75th session of the Executive Committee of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, which concluded its works in Geneva on Friday, that the situation in Tindouf camps in Algeria contradicts the UNHCR’s general mandate. The mission, while reiterating its commitment to the noble humanitarian mandate entrusted to this […]
The Fourth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly has adopted without a vote a resolution reiterating its support for the political process led under the exclusive auspices of the United Nations for the settlement of the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara. The resolution calls on all parties to fully cooperate with the UN […]
After about five decades of nurturing a separatist chimera in the Sahara territory, Algeria is beating the drums of war again deploying troops on the Moroccan borders as the Sahara issue nears a final close under Moroccan sovereignty. International media has been warning of an Algerian attempt to end the state of “low intensity” war […]
Christian churches have been forced to close in Algeria amid a crackdown on religious freedom and a persecution of Christians across the country, said the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. In a recent report, the Commission recommended the US to put Algeria on a Special Watch List in view of the violations of religious […]
Tureg rebels have been using Ukrainian drones to target Mali and their Wagner allies in an insurgency that worsened ties between Bamako and Algiers, French paper Le Monde said. Malian forces have in recent months made inroads. Backed by Russian Wagner militias, they pushed Tuareg CSP rebels to seek refuge in southern Algeria. CSP, a […]
For decades, Algeria has played a tacit role in perpetuating the Sahara regional conflict until the military regime recycled itself in the form of a new military-civilian duo that made the dispute a matter of life and death for the Algerian state. Algeria hosted the Polisario group, who at first had no separatist agenda, following […]
South Africa under the long-ruling ANC is one of the remaining states that have yet to see reality as it is in the Sahara issue as it keeps turning in a vicious Algerian circle rehashing anachronism on the Sahara issue. This has been shown once more in a decision by South Africa’s ruling party the […]
Several international experts and petitioners slammed, before the 4th Committee of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the “scourge” of separatism which poses “a serious threat to peace and security”, particularly in Africa. Ismail Aboui Bouchane, professor at the University of Rwanda, underlined the “numerous connections between separatism and terrorist organizations” which are, […]
Oil and gas dependent Algeria launched the first episode of its trade war against France by banning imports of French wheat. The decision comes amid worsening ties between Paris and Algiers. The Algerian military-held state criticizes France for its sovereign decision to back Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara. In 2023, the bulk of Algeria’s exports […]