First Independent Mena Newspaper
Morocco’s permanent representative to the UN, Ambassador Omar Hilale, sent a response letter to the President and members of the Security Council following the provocative and misleading statement of the Secretary General of the ministry of Foreign Affairs of Algeria regarding the Moroccan Sahara issue during a meeting of the Council, stressing that the Algerian […]
ARTICLE 19 has decried the Algerian authorities’ tactics of deliberately targeting and silencing opposition and critical voices ahead of the presidential election on 7 September 2024. In a press release issued Monday, the international NGO has denounced the amendments to the Algerian Penal Code, which mark a significant escalation in the Algerian government’s crackdown on […]
Russia is reportedly angry with Algeria, its traditional ally, for failing to tip it off over the support provided by Ukraine’s military intelligence to a coalition of Tuareg separatists and jihadists who fought the Wagner group and Malian armed forces near Algerian border last week. According to press reports, tensions running high between the two […]
The most recent showdown at the UN Security Council between Russia and non-permanent member Algeria is indicative of an intensifying friction over much broader regional issues, where the two countries lie at the antipodes. Boxing Row At the Security Council meeting on women peace and security, Russia’s representative brought the row over the gender identity […]
Algeria has allowed a sit-in in support of its Polisario militia proxies, meanwhile it has not authorized marches in solidarity with Palestine, which it claims to support domestically and internationally. Aware that the Polisario’s separatist thesis does not attract Algerian masses, Algerian authorities allowed a sit-in to condemn the French decision to back Morocco’s sovereignty […]
Mauritanian re-elected president Ould Ghazouani gave Algeria’s proxy and chief of the Polisario separatist front, Brahim Ghali, an indifferent and ultra-quick hand flutter and rejected to pose for a photo with him as he did with all the guests attending his inauguration. The gesture indicates that Mauritania had acted under its bully neighbor Algeria which […]
Head of Polisario armed militias Brahim Ghali has sent messages of condolence to Hamas, Lebanese Hezbollah, and Iran, following the killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and military commander of Hezbollah Fuad Shukr. These messages confirm the sinister ties existing between the Algeria-backed separatist group and terrorist organizations. They also raise serious concerns about the […]
Algerian social media is awash with videos showing migrants making the risky Mediterranean crossing to escape misery in their homeland, as the oil and gas-rich country becomes the new launchpad for migrants wishing to reach Europe. As the economic outlook worsens in Algeria, Spanish authorities reported a surge in arrivals from Algeria since 2021. Observers […]
As the autonomy plan under Moroccan sovereignty gains support by global powers to end the Sahara conflict, Algeria’s reactions confirm its standing as the real party to the conflict and reduce the Polisario to its actual status of a proxy militia. Prior to France making its new clear-cut position in support of Morocco’s autonomy plan […]
“Free Algerian Army” has announced its breakaway from the Army to liberate the country from the ruling military gang, signaling doom and gloom awaiting the Algerians risking another “Black Decade”. In a press release posted Saturday on X, the dissident group claimed responsibility for the deadly attack that rocked lately Oran military base and for […]