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Algeria: Opposition parties warn against security management of state affairs, wave of repression

The Socialist Forces Front (FFS), the oldest opposition party in Algeria, has denounced “the systematic recourse to security management of state affairs”. The party has voiced “serious concern” over the “return of arbitrary arrests”, saying the systematic recourse to the security management of state affairs aims to “crush popular aspirations to freedom, dignity and social […]

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Demise of Abdelaziz Bouteflika: Morocco’s King extends condolences to Algerian Head of State, former President’s family

King Mohammed VI has sent a message of condolences and compassion to the Algerian Head of State following the demise of the former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika. In his message, King Mohammed VI said he learned the news of the death of Bouteflika with “deep sorrow and deep emotion,” and expressed in these painful circumstances to […]

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Washington welcomes death of terrorist and Polisario mercenary Walid Al-Sahrawi

The United States welcomed Friday the death of the leader of the terrorist group, the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS), and “polisario” mercenary, Adnan Abu Walid Al-Sahrawi. “The United States welcomes the announcement by our partner and ally, France, that its troops killed Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi,” U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price […]

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Abu Walid al-Sahrawi’s death, additional evidence to collusion between Polisario & terrorism in Sahel

With the announcement of the killing by French forces of the most wanted terrorist in West Africa Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, the international media established the link with the Polisario, underlining the proven collusion between this group of mercenaries and terrorism in the Sahel. Recalling the jihadist operations carried out by Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, the […]

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Algerian regime continues targeting independent journalists -CPJ

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an American NGO which defends press freedom, has called on Algerian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release reporter Mohamed Mouloudj and ensure that members of the press can work in the country without fear of imprisonment. Mouloudj, who works for local independent newspaper Liberté, is charged with “spreading false […]

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Polisario terrorist & leader of IS in Greater Sahara killed by French Forces

The Polisario terrorist and leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS), Adnan Abou Walid al-Sahrawi, was killed by French forces, President Emmanuel Macron announced early on Thursday in a tweet. “This is another major success in the fight we are waging against terrorist groups in the Sahel,” added the French Head of […]

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Morocco approves appointment of Staffan de Mistura as UN Personal Envoy for Sahara

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, began, on Tuesday, consultations with members of the Security Council, in order to appoint Italian-Swedish diplomat Staffan de Mistura as his Personal Envoy for the Moroccan Sahara, MAP correspondent in New York learned from diplomatic sources. The information was confirmed to MAP by Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the UN […]

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Pro-Haftar operation against Chadian group in Libya

“A large-scale operation” was carried out by the special forces of the Tarek ben Ziyad Battalion, one of the units of the forces loyal to Marshal Khalifa Haftar, “against mercenaries and Chadian opposition elements present on Libyan territory,” Libya al-Hadath TV, the media arm of Marshal Haftar, said. “Their positions were targeted in Tarbu on […]

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Is Algeria preparing for military confrontation with Morocco?

The Algerian army is planning to flex its military muscles during a large-scale parade it will conduct in the capital city on 1st Nov. 2021 with eye on Morocco. This year’s show will be the first of its kind since the military parade organized in 1989 under the presidency of Colonel Chadli Benjedid. The provocative […]

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Assassination of two Moroccan drivers in Mali: Who is sowing instability in Sahel?

Moroccans and the region woke up Sunday to the abhorrent news of a cowardice ambush that took the lives of two Moroccan truck drivers and injured another in Mali on the way to the capital. The attack was perpetrated 300 kilometers away from Bamako by gunmen who escaped without stealing any goods from the Moroccan […]