First Independent Mena Newspaper
The Algerian military regime, sensing the failure of the upcoming Arab summit due next March in Algiers, has sent foreign minister Ramtan Al-Amamra to Riyadh in a desperate move to get support from Saudi Arabia for the summit amid mounting signs of boycott by Arab Gulf countries, in solidarity with Morocco. Algerian rulers are in […]
Algerians woke up to renewed queues on cooking oil and bread in 2022, two commodities that joined a list of long essential goods whose prices spiked under the impact of high inflation and import cuts. The queues indicate shortages coupled with a high inflation of basic products under the impact of a state policy to […]
Algeria’s military regime has hit a new low in its response to a World Bank report warning of worsening poverty and bleak economic prospects in the country. In a 60-page report, the World Bank pointed to a series of dysfunctions in the oil and gas reliant Algerian economy which augur ill for the country’s economic […]
Algerians from all walks of life continued to suffer in 2021 from acute shortage of bread, milk, cooking oil, potatoes, sugar, pasta, oxygen for covid-19 patients and ICU beds, while their rulers are squandering the country’s petrodollars on military expenditure. Such explosive social situation with deepening political crisis is fueling Hirak pro-democracy protestors demanding a […]
About three months to the Arab summit that Algiers is supposed to host, Algerian diplomacy refuses to pull its head from the sand, spreading fake news and propaganda about the Arab League’s decision to adopt a unified map which shows the full Moroccan Map from the Mediterranean to the Mauritanian border. Algeria’s news agency APS- […]
Tunisia has long been hailed as an Arab Spring success story in terms of democratic reform. But on the back of economic hurdles, Tunisia’s freely elected President is burning the ladder that brought him to power tightening his power grab, idling elected institutions and cracking down on dissent. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have […]
A year after the signing of the Morocco-US-Israel deal, Rabat has already started to reap diplomatic and economic benefits, bolstering its clout in the region in favor of peace and stability. The deal to resume ties between Rabat and Tel Aviv was brokered by the Trump administration which recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara region […]
Algeria has reported a surplus of $1 billion by November and sees the figure increasing to $2.3 billion by year’s end in what could be commended in a normally functioning economy. But in Algeria’s case, this surplus was achieved after depriving citizens of key goods, leading to high inflation and shortages. The figure is also […]
Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council have sent a strong blow to Algeria’s attempt to make of the next Arab Summit it plans to host an anti-Moroccan event. In unequivocal terms, the GCC reiterated support to Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara, to the latest UN Security Council resolution which calls for a mutually acceptable solution […]
As a state entertaining a rentier economy, Algeria has long sought to gain influence in Africa and the Arab region through cash handouts during the era of expensive oil. After years of diplomatic lethargy during the Bouteflika era, the recycled military regime tries the same recipe, yet money has run out. Algeria first donated 100 […]