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The Washington Institute for Near East Policy has called on the Biden administration to be cautious in engaging Algeria as such approach does not guarantee it will shift away from Moscow and Beijing or defuse tension with Rabat. In an analysis focusing on U.S. policy in North Africa, the Institute experts Sabina Henneberg and Amina […]
Malian forces have taken Kidal the stronghold of Tuareg rebels marking the end of a deal brokered by Algiers in 2015 and the erosion of Algeria’s diplomacy in its Sahel neighborhood. More than a week after Bamako soldiers, backed by Russian Wagner mercenaries, took the strategic town, Algeria’s resounding silence reflects the country’s fading role […]
UN Special Rapporteur for human rights defenders Mary Lawlor starts this Sunday a ten-day visit to Algeria to urge local authorities to respect freedom of speech and stop human rights violations. On this occasion, 12 NGOs, including the World Organization against Torture (OMCT), called on Ms. Lawlor to focus on the harassment and intimidation campaign […]
As Algerians continue to suffer in long queues for basic goods, the military regime in Algeria has allocated its defense department a bloated budget of 21.6 billion dollars in 2024, up from 19 billion this year. The army thus widens the gap with other departments as the largest spending sector, mirroring its position as a […]
Algeria has not yet made an official reaction to a security council resolution calling for a mutually acceptable solution to the Sahara issue, while reiterating the credible and serious character of Morocco’s autonomy plan. The resolution repeated its call on Algeria as a party to the conflict to take part actively in the round tables […]
A large march was held on Sunday in Laayoune to denounce the “despicable terrorist attack” perpetrated against civilians in the city of Es-Semara, the spiritual Capital of the Kingdom’s Southern Provinces. During the march, participants led by local Chioukhs, notables and elected representatives vigorously condemned the attack, calling it “a terrorist act committed by enemies […]
The UN Security Council deplored the abject living conditions and rights violations in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps in Algeria and urged a headcount of the population held there. The Council strongly reiterated its “request for a refugee registration in the Tindouf refugee camps,” reads the resolution 2703 adopted following a vote of 13 in favor […]
The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) urged all African countries to cooperate with the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR including in terms of refugee protection and documentation. In a statement on October 27, the PSC stressed the need for African countries to cooperate with the UN agency on refugee documentation to […]
The Algerian government, the civilian façade of the military regime, has ordered the prohibition of strikes by all labor unions in the latest blow to civil liberties in the country. Prime minister Aïmene Benabderrahmane has made public an anti-constitutional decree that bans striking across the public sector and the tiny private sector in the state-dominated […]
The Algerian regime has put its football league matches on hold under the pretext of “solidarity with Palestine” in a decision that many analysts see as a pre-emptive move to avert a return of the pro-democracy protests, known as the Hirak. The Hirak has forced the late then ailing Bouteflika to give up a fourth […]