First Independent Mena Newspaper
Algerian diplomacy’s inconsistency and blunders left the country in grey territory unable to win neither Russia’s trust, nor the West’s support. Russia Tebboune who braced for a second term with the benediction of the army, ended his five-year term with diplomatic setbacks. The highlight of his debacles was the resounding failure to join the BRICS, […]
Algeria arrested two journalists who reported about the discontent of an Algerian businesswoman at an event, in a new incident that shows the government’s zero tolerance towards dissent and press freedom. Sofiane Ghirous and Ferhat Omar of the news website “Algérie Scoop” were arrested for doing their job in zooming in on challenges facing women-led […]
At least 14 members and former senior officials of the Algerian football federation are under investigation on suspected corruption charges, the Algerian prosecutor said. The suspects include former presidents and secretary generals of the football federation, known as FAF, the prosecutor said in a statement. “Following tips of on suspicions of corruption at the level […]
Algiers and Tripoli were rooted at the bottom of a table as the third and second least livable cities in the world, on par with war-torn Damascus which has kept the notoriety of being the worst city to live in since 2013, the Economist said. Kyiv, at the heart of the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war, […]
The inhumane conditions imposed on thousands of Sahraouis held against their will in the Polisario-run camps of Tindouf in Algeria, coupled with a bloody crackdown on dissent, are creating conditions auguring for violent uprising. This week, disenchanted youth from Oulad Tidrarine tribe revolted against the Polisario militias, torching vehicles and exchanging fire in full media […]
For every step forward Morocco makes to foster ties with the Sahel, Algeria makes a step backwards, says an analysis published by the Washington-based Wilson Center. Morocco has, even before returning to the African Union, built a strong win-win basis for its ties with Sahel countries through a multipronged strategy that combines soft-power with investments […]
The U.S. government has denounced the harassment and prosecution endured by religious minorities in Algeria, which continues to be included in the U.S. special Watch List of countries engaging or tolerating severe violations of religious freedom. In its latest annual report on international religious freedom, the U.S. State Department said Algerian authorities prosecuted last year […]
The Guardian has warned that more demonstrations could erupt in Algeria as the authorities are not acting fast to address the water shortage and as people continue struggling to find drinking water. On 8 June, anger over months of water rationing spilled over in the drought-stricken central Algerian town of Tiaret, where demonstrators barricaded roads […]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against terrorist leader Iyad Ag Ghaly and urged states to cooperate to bring him before justice, in a clear allusion to Algeria. Ghaly is wanted for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in northern Mali between January 2012 and January 2013. A Tuareg descendant of […]
As Morocco matches words with action sending concrete aid to war-stricken Palestinians in Gaza, the Algerian regime indulges through its mouthpieces in fake news and ideological anachronism that is of no help to Palestinians they claim to side with. Algerian media spit their venom claiming that Moroccan military aircrafts landed in Israel, until they were […]