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The hashtags#Spain_protect_criminal #España_protege_criminal #اسبانيا_تحمي_المجرمين #Espagne_protège_les_criminels” are trending and going viral as thousands of social media users continue to lash out at Madrid’s collusion with Algerian military junta to smuggle in Polisario chief with false travel documents though he is wanted by Spanish justice for crimes against humanity. Across social media, especially Twitter, many users […]
Ghali’s hospitalization in Spain under a false identity is an embarrassing intelligence failure for Spain and Algeria and a breakthrough for Morocco. Ghali entered Spain on board an Algerian airplane using an Algerian passport and a false identity putting to the test the Moroccan-Spanish partnership and cooperation. Spain and Algeria had agreed at the highest […]
Following the American recognition of the Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara, Spanish government has frowned at the Trump historic and bold decision which took neighboring countries by surprise. As it could not challenge openly Washington’s move, Madrid, the former colonial power of Western Sahara, keeps fuming and edged closer to Algiers to the detriment of […]
After failure of conspiracy theories waving the card of the foreign threat, the Algerian military junta is now targeting the Kabylie region’s independence movement, known as MAK, whom it accused of plotting bombings against Hirak protests. The aged military commanders issued a statement accusing the secular independence movement of planning attacks in order to trigger […]
The US should consider Morocco’s warnings regarding Iran’s strategic offensive on the continent, said Ilan Berman, Senior Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington. The alert comes as the US reviews its foreign policy towards Iran and the North African country, which has severed ties with Tehran accusing it of supporting […]
Thousands of Sub-Saharan migrants have been abused, tortured, stripped, robbed of their phones and savings by Algerian authorities before dumping them on desert border with Niger, according to the latest report released by international NGO “Médecins Sans Frontières”. Between the beginning of January and mid-April 2021, some 4,370 migrants have been expelled from Algeria to […]
The end of the era of expensive oil has put strains on the budgets of Nigeria and Algeria pushing the first to seek foreign borrowing while the latter adamantly sticks to zero borrowing policy at the expense of starving its population. Nigeria, which has a more diversified economy compared to Algeria, is knocking on the […]
The UN Security Council has ended its briefing on the Sahara territory without a statement as the UN mission in the Sahara continues business as usual giving a cold shower to the Polisario and its mentor Algeria who have seen their propaganda about an imaginary war in the territory collapse on the UN rock. UN […]
Journalist Hafsa Boutahar who has accused her colleague Omar Radi of rape has seen her rights denied and deplored the double standards shown by patriarchal rights activists in Morocco and abroad as well as the biased solidarity with the man whom she said has assaulted her. Moroccan rights NGOs, particularly AMDH, and French media have […]
Algeria’s state coffers have dried up! The country’s president now delivers public addresses to try in vain to reassure the people about the supply of cooking oil, flour and milk as queues get longer every day in front of stores. Ramadan this year is tough for Algerians who are hit by the double impact of […]