First Independent Mena Newspaper
The latest short-lived Wagner mutiny that shook Russia, which occurred barely a week after Algerian President’s visit to Moscow, will have weakened both Abdelmajid Tebboune and Gen. Saïd Chengriha’s Russophile wing of the army, said a London-based think-tank. What happens in Russia could have major implications for Algeria. After Tebboune’s visit, it seemed clear that, […]
Morocco’s plans to become a green hydrogen powerhouse are luring European customers including Germany and most recently Netherlands. The Dutch and the Moroccan governments signed a financing deal to look into green hydrogen infrastructure. Germany had integrated Morocco in its H2Uppp program targeting hydrogen projects in developing countries. But the project that is closest to […]
Algerian military junta and its civilian façade have hit an unsane level by their constant deployment of conspiracy theories blaming Morocco for all the woes in the country from climate change to self-inflicted economic and political problems. The most recent episode in Algeria’s propaganda machinery was to blame Morocco for currency counterfeiting in the country […]
Since Tunisia voluntarily entered into the orbit of Algeria in return for gas, the once Arab Spring success story has gone far in its backpedaling on democracy prompting the UN Human Rights Office to strongly denounce the crackdown on journalists. Mimicking Algeria, Tunisia has adopted legislations that criminalize independent journalism, stifle criticism of the authorities. […]
Morocco “shows the art of navigating global disorder”, underlines the U.S. Bloomberg agency, noting that the Kingdom “is walking a diplomatic tightrope that many middle-income nations in an increasingly polarized world, from South Africa to Brazil, are struggling to navigate.” Despite being battered by the Covid-19 pandemic, rising US-China tensions and the war in Ukraine, […]
Spain has urged the European commission to work together with Morocco in view of securing a new fisheries deal as soon as possible. The deal expires on July 17 and there seems little enthusiasm for its renewal in Morocco after a European Court annulled it in 2021 because it covers Sahara waters. Spain’s agriculture minister […]
Tebboune has wrapped up a visit to Russia during which he contradicted himself and drew mockery due to his clumsy praise of Putin. Speaking at an economic forum in St Petersburg, Tebboune said Putin is a “friend of the whole of humanity,” an exaggerated statement verging on insanity that made Putin himself raise his […]
President Tebbboune has willingly thrown his country in the arms of Russia, confirming Algiers status as a satellite state of Moscow, in a move that will anger the West and probably draw sanctions on Algeria. Following months of swinging between France and Russia, Tebboune has officially hedged the Algerian wagon to the Russian train. Speaking […]
The United Stated slammed Algeria for not respecting the “minimum standards” for the elimination of human trafficking and not making any significant efforts to do so. “The Government of Algeria does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so”, stresses the 2023 Trafficking […]
Morocco’s federation of Moroccan employers (CGEM) asked its French counterpart Medef to put off a visit by its president to Morocco due to the unpropitious context marked by a widening crisis between Rabat and Paris. The news was relayed by Moroccan outlets including le360 which said that CGEM chief Chakib Alj asked his French counterpart […]