First Independent Mena Newspaper
Spokesman for the Malian government denounced at the UN in the strongest terms Algeria’s destabilization role in the Sahel and Algiers interference in Mali’s domestic affairs. “We observe a grave interference in Mali’s domestic affairs… Mali is not an Algerian Wilaya (province),” said deputy prime minister and spokesman for the Malian government Abdoulaye Maïga in […]
Few days after Algeria re-introduced visa entry requirements on Moroccan passport holders, Morocco has not reacted to a decision that comes in a series of self-harming escalatory and provocative measures by a disillusioned Algerian military regime blinded by Morocco phobia. The Algerian foreign minister said the measure will have immediate effect and came following what […]
Algeria’s health ministry said Malaria and Diphtheria are spreading in its south on the borders with Mali. The spread highlights the level of marginalization suffered by the Algerian south for decades after the country’s independence. The ministry, however, blamed the spread of the disease on migrants, underscoring a long tradition of blame game by the […]
Keen to save its hard currency reserves for tougher days, Algeria continues an unrelentless import restriction policy that resulted in severe shortages of key products with tires and coffee being the latest to join a long list of expensive and unavailable goods in the country. Transport unions have rung the alarm bell as to the […]
The Algerian regime and its Polisario puppet have suffered another embarrassing setback on the international scene after the African Chess Confederation cancelled the membership of Polisario during a meeting held on the sidelines of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) congress organized Sept. 20-22 in Budapest, Hungary. The African Chess Confederation is based in Algiers and […]
At least a young man died in violent incidents involving football fans and security forces in Algiers that left scores injured, as the regime tries to quell any protests or unrest that could lead to the rebirth of the pro-democracy Hirak protests. The clashes followed a chaotic organization by Algerian authorities of an African confederation […]
Algeria’s drastic import cut policy has caused a severe shortage in all sorts of tires in a country where queues for basic goods have become the new norm. Restrictions to curb the outflow of hard currency in the import reliant country have hit several sectors in Algeria including cars and car parts and tires, leading […]
Over the past decade, the Algerian dinar has experienced a dramatic free-fall in value compared to the Moroccan dirham. In 2014, one dirham was worth ten dinars, but by 2024, this gap has doubled, with one dirham now equivalent to twenty Algerian dinars. This gap is not due to an appreciation of the dirham, which […]
Former Algerian industry minister, Abdeslam Bouchouareb, sentenced in absentia to a total of 100 years in prison, has appealed to French authorities to decline his extradition, citing political persecution amid a purge of the Bouteflika-era officials. Bouchouareb, who served as industry and mines minister from April 2014 to May 2017, rose to prominence under President […]
When results of the latest Algerian presidential election were announced, few Algerians believed the regime’s figures as they have long lost faith in voting as a way to choose freely and democratically their leaders, said an American academic quarterly journal. In an analysis published on Algerian presidential election held Sept.07, which unsurprisingly yielded a second […]