First Independent Mena Newspaper
The Algerian regime is set on using the penal code to curb freedom of speech with the introduction of amendments that threaten with life imprisonment anyone who leaks security or economic documents or information. The new law comes as Algerian journalists in exile continue to unveil the endemic corruption and failed policies of Tebboune’s administration […]
The Clubs Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), meeting on Wednesday to discuss the match between Renaissance Sportive of Berkane and USM Alger in the semi-final second leg of the CAF Cup, confirmed RS Berkane’s qualification for the final of this continental competition, following the withdrawal of the Algerian club. In a press […]
Bent on militarizing and politicizing sports, Algeria’s football federation FAF has reaped but slaps one after the other with the most recent blow being delt by the Court of Arbitration for Sport CAS in the Morocco map saga. CAS has rejected FAF’s request to suspend a decision by Africa’s football federation CAF which declared RS […]
Algeria’s mouthpiece APS has officially made it clear that the country under the rule of General Chengriha is seeking a Maghreb without Morocco. The Arab Maghreb Union, bringing together Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, is dead and should be replaced by the “Declaration of Carthage”, the APS said referring to a meeting between Algeria’s […]
Algeria’s USMA has doubled down by refusing to play its second leg game against hosts RS Berkane as part of the CAF Confederation Cup semi-finals. USMA officials withdrew in protest over RS Berkane’s jerseys which bear a full Moroccan map, including the southern provinces. The Algerian team have seemingly abandoned the game under pressure from […]
Upon the orders of the ruling Algerian junta, USM Alger did not play on Sunday the 2nd leg of their African Confederation Cup semi-final in Berkane against Moroccan team Renaissance Sportive de Berkane (RSB) which thus qualified for the final after winning by forfeit two games over the Algerian club. In the final of African […]
Algerian club “USM Alger” are facing a serious dilemma. They are torn between refusing to play the 2nd leg of their African Confederation Cup semifinal match in Berkane against local Moroccan club, Renaissance Sportive de Berkane (RSB), and risk heavy sanctions or play against RSB with their jerseys displaying a small map of Morocco, including […]
Appeals Jury of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has rejected the appeal lodged by USM Alger against the decision imposed on it by the Confederation’s Interclub Competitions Committee, granting RS Berkane victory by forfeit in the first leg of the CAF Cup semi-final. The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) said, in a statement, that […]
France is moving in the direction of recognizing Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara provinces, former French ambassador to Algiers Xavier Driencourt said. “We are getting closer to Morocco. And what will happen on the Algerian side? From my point of view, there are two possibilities: either we fall out again with the Algerians, especially if […]
RS Berkane was declared winner of an African Confederation Cup game opposing it to USM Alger although it did not play due to Algerian authorities’ refusal to hand them their jerseys. Algerian customs withheld jerseys because they bore the full map of Morocco including the Saharan provinces. CAF had asked Algerian football federation to make […]