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Iran’s mischief in Africa through arming separatist and radical groups across the continent poses a risk to regional stability, German media Der Tahesspiegel wrote. In an article on Iran’s strategic opportunism in Africa, Stephan Andreas Casdorff highlighted that Iran had supplied the Polisario separatists with surface to air missiles. As it seeks to gain new […]
After the army has thrown the ball into the foreign ministry’s court, Spanish foreign minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya is under fire from the Spanish media and intellectuals as well as the opposition for her responsibility in letting a man enter her country using an Algerian passport and a false identity to shun justice. El Espanol […]
Epicenter of Algeria’s pro-democracy protests moves to Kabylie region on back of crackdown The brutal crackdown and siege imposed on the capital pushed Algeria’s pro-democracy activists to center their protests in the restive Kabylie region, known for its long-history of dissent and oppression by a military junta. Some areas in the Kabylie region have seen […]
The United States has included Algeria among countries with worst records in fighting human trafficking, blaming the Algerian authorities for their continued lack of action and will to prevent this scourge. In its latest annual report “Trafficking in Persons Report” released Thursday, the State Department listed Algeria in Tier 3 group, the worst category. Tier […]
Algeria’s long queues seem to be there to stay fueling the wrath of a people that has suffered in recent days from a liquidity crisis, inflation as well as shortages of cooking oil and milk among other vital goods. In Algiers, which is ironically better-off compared to hard-to- reach regions, residents had to spend four […]
Half a ton of cocaine has been seized after Algerian authorities found it floating off Algeria’s coast in a new catch that confirms the country has become a main route for traffickers. The drug was found by fishermen in bags floating in the sea near Oran, Algeria’s defense ministry said. Besides sea routes, Algeria’s porous […]
The United States has included on its terror blacklist Ousmane Illiassou Djibo, known as “Petit Chapori”, one of the lieutenants of polisario member Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi. The announcement was made Monday by the State Department. Djibo’s designation by the US a global terrorist confirms the connection of the Algeria-backed Polisario armed militias with terrorist […]
For the sake of showing its pathological hatred towards Morocco and its territorial integrity, Algeria is ready to defend the colonial legacy making of itself a joke among the rest of Arab states. This happened during a recent meeting of the Arab parliament which adopted a resolution in support of Morocco and its rights to […]
In a new hearing, the Spanish commander blamed the foreign ministry in Madrid for not unveiling the identity of Brahim Ghali who entered the country with a false identity, triggering a spat between Madrid and Rabat. An Algerian presidential jet landed in Saragossa airport on April 18 with Ghali on board under the false identity […]
The June 12 parliamentary election held in Algeria was supposed to rescue the regime from its crisis of legitimacy, but instead it reinforced its lack of legitimacy with the return of discredited political parties that had strongly supported former Pdt. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, ousted in 2019, says the Washington-based Middle East Institute (MEI). In an analysis […]