Category: Algeria

Algeria: Several top military commanders sacked as part of army shakeup

August 20, 2020

Several senior military officers were sacked Wednesady, as the shakeup of the Algerian army continues. According to a statement by the Defense Ministry, General-major Abdelkader ... Read More

Another Algerian journalist faces 3 years in prison

August 18, 2020

An Algerian court Monday charged a journalist with “undermining national unity” and requested a three years in jail sentence. The prosecution at a court in ... Read More

Tindouf camps: EU calls for accurate assessment of fate of humanitarian aid

August 16, 2020

The European Union (EU) has again called for an accurate assessment of the fate of the European humanitarian aid sent to the Tindouf camps and ... Read More

UNHRC establishes Algeria’s responsibility in kidnapping of polisario dissident, Ahmed Khalil

August 15, 2020

The UN Human Rights Committee (HRC), a body monitoring compliance by signatory states to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, has established the ... Read More

Algerian opposition leader draws similarities between Lebanese, Algerian tragedies

August 13, 2020

Lebanon and Algeria, two countries led by corrupt elites who hijacked the ambitions of youth to democracy and prosperity, share many of their plagues, according ... Read More

Tindouf Camps: Polisario fails to allay growing concerns over coronavirus spread

August 13, 2020

The polisario leaders are vainly making reassuring statements on the coronavirus situation in the Tindouf camps. However, the Sahrawis sequestered in the Tindouf camps, Southern ... Read More

Polisario & Algeria embezzle $12 million of anti-coronavirus aid

August 12, 2020

The embezzlement of humanitarian aid is endemic among the corrupt Polisario and Algerian officials, despite international outcry by the EU and humanitarian NGOS. This time, ... Read More

Algeria’s military court issues arrest warrant for former Gendarmerie commander Ghali Belksir

August 12, 2020

Algeria’s military court has issued an arrest warrant for retired Gen. Ghali Belksir, former commander of the Gendarmerie on high treason charges. The court ordered ... Read More

Algeria: TV5 correspondent Khaled Drareni handed heavy prison sentence

August 10, 2020

An Algerian court this Monday sentenced French TV5 correspondent Khaled Drareni to three years in prison, TSA reports citing the defense lawyer. Drareni, 40, who ... Read More

Algeria’s gas exports to shrink to 26 billion cubic meters per year

August 10, 2020

Algeria’s finances face dim prospects triggered by a sharp drop in its key source of revenue, gas exports, which are expected to drop from 45 ... Read More