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Anger is still boiling up inside the Algerian regime, irked by the firm support voiced by Spanish government to the autonomy plan offered by Morocco for the Sahara under its sovereignty. The resentment continues building up pushing the ruling military junta to take irrational decisions undermining the EU-Algeria Association Agreement. Among the latest vindictive measures […]
Nothing demonstrates the deep isolation of the Algerian regime in its Arab and African environment than the abstinence of the Arab League and the African Union from taking a stand on the Algeria-Spain feud. In contrast, when Spain tried to Europeanize its crisis with Morocco last year, the Arab League, the Arab Parliament and the […]
Algeria, which is sequestering the populations of the Tindouf camps on its own territory, is thus violating the very foundations and bases of international humanitarian law. The remarks were made by Morocco’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Omar Kadiri, during a debate of the Executive Board of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), […]
In the framework of the 50th session of the Human Rights Council, a meeting and debate was held at the Hotel Montrbrillant-Cornavin, Geneva, on 14 June 2022, on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child in Conflict Zones: Situation of Child Soldiers. This meeting was jointly organized at the initiative of Rencontre […]
Morocco’s permanent representative to the UN, Omar Hilale, said, Monday in New York, that Algeria kidnaps and tortures the sequestered populations of the Tindouf camps, which it is supposed to protect. “The United Nations Human Rights Committee has just published today a statement on a Sahrawi whom you abducted, kidnapped and tortured. He has […]
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has considered Algeria as being a security risk for Europe in view of its using gas supplies as a means of political pressure on the continent. In a confidential report that surfaced last week, NATO estimated that Algeria is using gas supplies as a means of political pressure on […]
Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told reporters on Thursday that the Spanish government will “firmly defend” its national interests in light of Algeria’s decision to scrap a 20-year-old friendship and cooperation treaty. “We are analyzing the implications and the national and European consequences of that measure in a calm, constructive way, but also with […]
‘Algeria once had 140,000 Jews. Algeria, where are your Jews?’ The question was raised by Hillel Neuer – an outspoken defender of Israel and frequent critic of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Neuer’s query was met with silence. The primary reason for the departure of Algerian Jews is, of course, that some 850,000 […]
The African Lion military exercise 2022, a major US-led multi-national joint exercise planned in Morocco starting June 20, is making Algerian junta hedgy and extremely nervous. To give vent to their frustrations, growing anxiety and setbacks, Algerian Army chief General Said Chanegriha and his corrupt geriatric Generals have carried air-land manoeuvres with live ammunition in […]