First Independent Mena Newspaper
France and Algeria have signed a military and security cooperation deal during the visit by the figurehead of the ruling military junta in the oil and gas rich country Said Chengrigha. The deal came after a series of visits including a visit by Emmanuel Macron in which French and Algerian officials talked about the past […]
Member of European Parliament Thierry Mariani denounced on Tuesday the biased stand adopted by the European Parliament against Morocco, a “key strategic partner of the EU in Africa”, while turning a blind eye to Algeria’s oppression of pro-democracy militants for gas supplies. “By tolerating everything from Algeria and systematically slamming Morocco, the EU and Macron […]
Algeria has dissolved human rights NGO LADDH whom it accused of cooperation with international rights groups at a context where the military regime intensifies its crackdown on dissident voices. The NGO said its only crime was defending human rights in a country whose jails are full of civil society activists and journalists. Following a suit […]
Former Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has urged the U.S. administration to add Algeria on its State Sponsors of Terrorism list for the support provided by the Algerian regime to the polisario, a terrorist organization. “Algeria must be held accountable for its support of the Polisario Front”, said the American attorney in a letter published […]
Mired in corruption cases, members of the European Parliament adopted a resolution that disrespects Morocco’s judiciary and flouts the rights of rape victims. The resolution turned a blind eye to the decision of the judiciary to indict three Moroccan journalists on rape charges while rehashing biased statements of NGOs that emptied the charges of their […]
Moncef Marzouki, a Tunisian former President, in exile in France, has called on the army to remove incumbent President Kais Saied and to restore power the people. In an interview with Doha-based al Jazeera, Marzouki stressed that the army’s responsibility is determined by the preservation of the homeland, and not by the person of Saied. […]
Israel has to openly recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara territory in order to upgrade its ties with Rabat following the resumption of ties in the wake of Abraham accords, wrote Ilan Berman on the Jerusalem post. Morocco and Israel resumed their diplomatic ties in late 2020 after a trilateral deal that included the US […]
Speaker of Yemen’s House of Representatives Sultan Said al-Barkani has reaffirmed his country’s steadfast support to Morocco’s territorial integrity and full sovereignty over its entire Saharan territory. He voiced the supportive stand during the meetings he held separately Monday in Rabat with Moroccan peer Rachid Talbi Alami and Speaker of the House of Advisors Enaam […]
If Algeria’s Chief of Staff, Army General Saïd Chengriha is not seen to be changing, he is likely to be removed and President Tebboune will not stand by Chengriha if the army turns against him, said a London-based Think-tank in its latest report on the ruling military regime in Algeria. The radical cut to the […]
Morocco will not be able to travel to Algeria to defend its title in the African local players championship (CHAN) after its request for a direct flight on board national carrier RAM was rejected. Morocco will not be able to defend its title because “it was not given permission for a trip departing from Rabat-Sale […]