First Independent Mena Newspaper
The Algerian government has made much fuss about an incoming investment code which analysts see as a cosmetic measure that fails to address the real issues that make Algeria a very unfriendly foreign investment destination. A copy of the draft of the new code was unveiled last week copying much of a similar code that […]
The civilian façade of the military regime in Algeria, President Abdelmedjid Tebboune, ended a state visit to Turkey empty handed, save the signing of MOUs with a vague language and promises that remain ink on paper, at a time the North African country is desperately seeking alternatives to deal with a looming halt of Russian […]
Algeria, the country from which terrorism sprouted to plague the whole Sahel and beyond, has issued a statement opposing a ministerial meeting in Marrakech of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. The reason was that the closing statement warned of the dangers of the collusion between separatists- which Algeria supports- and terrorist groups. In a […]
Morocco has once again highlighted Algeria’s role as the main party to the Sahara conflict, stressing if Algeria was so attached to the principle of self-determination, it had better let the occupied Kabylie with its 12 million people practice that right. “You ask for self-determination for the 20,000 people that you are holding in the […]
In just one day, Morocco has gained unprecedented international political and diplomatic support for its territorial integrity and sovereignty over its Sahara, leaving the enemies of the North African Kingdom in complete dismay and utterly gobsmacked. On Wednesday, several foreign ministers who were attending in Marrakesh the meeting of the Global Coalition against Daesh/ISIS, have […]
In a swift response to the statement made by the unpopular Algerian president Abdelmajid Tebboune criticizing Spanish support to Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara, the Spanish foreign ministry hits backs affirming that its stand on the Sahara is a “sovereign decision”. By recognizing the autonomy plan presented by Morocco as the “most serious, realistic […]
As Europe seeks to wean itself of Russian gas, Algeria has emerged as a potential supplier, but experts consider the country lacking in spare capacity. Algeria is the third largest gas exporter to Europe with 8% of the market share. It has seen its domestic gas consumption rise exponentially leaving it with insignificant extra export […]
Mauritania has given Algeria a very cold shower by rejecting the propaganda of the morally bankrupt military junta in Algiers which desperately seeks to stoke tension in the region and with Morocco in particular. In recent days, the Algerian military junta that rules behind a civilian curtain attempted to use Mauritania twice to serve […]
The military junta in Algiers is running out of imagination and ideas as it desperately resorts to the same old accusations to try to stop a momentum in favor of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara region. This time, Algeria’s foreign ministry issued a statement accusing Morocco of targeting civilian truckers “outside Morocco’s internationally-recognized borders.” The […]
The bold decision announced by the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in support of Morocco’s autonomy plan was near to traumatic for some circles in Spain that continue to view their North African neighbor using colonial lenses. Spain and Morocco have both turned a page on an unprecedented crisis that threatened to sap their bilateral […]