First Independent Mena Newspaper
The Morocco-proposed autonomy initiative, within the framework of the Kingdom’s territorial integrity and national sovereignty, is the “One and Only” solution to the artificial regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara, stressed, Tuesday in New York, the permanent representative of Morocco to the United Nations, Omar Hilale. In Morocco’s address during the general debate of the […]
Algeria has spared itself another international embarrassment by proactively withdrawing its bid to host the African cup of nation for 2025 and 2027. Thirsty for whatever international recognition, Algeria has reaped a fiasco after another with the most painful blow coming from the BRICS grouping that denied the country a membership that was arrogantly promised […]
Amnesty International has reiterated its call for the release of an Algerian refugee who was kidnapped from Tunis and indicted in Algiers on bogus charges, in a blatant refoulement case. Slimane Bouhafs was a peaceful Kabyle independence activist of Christian faith. He obtained refugee status in Tunisia in 2020 to escape political and religious persecution […]
The Algerian people continue to suffer from the growing suppression of freedom of expression, association, and peaceful Assembly, forcing political opponents to flee abroad, while thousands pro-democracy protesters have been jailed by the military regime which has managed so far to weaken the popular Hirak movement. Fourteen human rights organizations, in addition to Human Rights […]
Algeria’s foreign minister Ahmed Attaf is on a damage control mission after BRICS rejected his country’s bid, exposing the false promises of President Tebboune who arrogantly promised his people an imminent admission to the group of the world’s fastly growing economies. Tebboune made of joining BRICS a certainty for his people, repeating since 2022 that […]
The U.S. administration has underscored its strong support for the principled stand taken by ECOWAS in defense of democracy and constitutional order in Niger. Washington voiced its firm stand in a telephone conversation U.S. Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Molly Phee had Thursday with Algerian Foreign Minister Attaf as the ruling junta started maneuvering against […]
Moroccans mourned two of their nationals who have been killed by the Algerian coastal guard after having mistakenly trespassed into Algeria’s waters. The killing took place on Tuesday after a group of five Moroccan tourists, including three who also had French nationality, lost their way off Saidia resort and ended in Algerian waters where they […]
The Attorney General of Switzerland has filed an indictment in the Federal Criminal Court against former Algerian defense minister Khaled Nezzar for crimes against humanity committed during the 1990s civil war. According to the indictment, Nezzar is accused of violating the laws of armed conflicts in accordance with the Geneva Conventions between 1992 and 1994 […]
As was expected, the BRICS put Algeria in its place by rejecting its long sought after bid to join the group, which announced it will welcome six new countries with a diversified and higher growth economies. The group agreed to admit Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, Argentina, and the United Arab Emirates following its summit […]
Algeria’s conspiracy theorists continue on a ridiculous trajectory taking aim this time at the UAE, whom they accused of hostile acts including supplying spy technology to Morocco and working together with Israel in the region. The Algerian military junta used Al khabar newspaper as a mouthpiece this time to spread the uncorroborated accusation against Abu […]