Asia Columns Headlines International Opinions

Saudi Arabia snubs Algeria’s Arab League rotating presidency

Saudi Arabia has not invited Algeria, which holds the rotating presidency of the Arab League, to a meeting bringing together nine Arab states to discuss Syria’s return to the league. The Algerian regime mouthpiece said “Algeria does not understand Saudi Arabia’s decision,” adding that leaving Algeria uninvited was a “double slap”. The Algerian military junta, […]

Algeria Columns Headlines Opinions

Algerian law legalizing oppressive practices against journalists raises rights watchdogs alarm

After a series of arbitrary arrests and bogus charges against outspoken reporters, Algeria moved to institutionalize its crackdown on free speech through a law that makes muzzling the press a legal process. The law includes provisions forcing journalists to uncover their sources and bans receiving foreign funds, a charge that has been used to shutdown […]

Columns Headlines Maghreb Opinions Tunisia

Opposition group asks Algeria to stay away from Tunisian domestic affairs

The Tunisian Salvation Front asked Algeria to abstain from meddling in Tunisia’s domestic politics following remarks by the Algerian president who spoke about an Algerian role in “averting Tunisian collapse” or mediating between Tunisian political players. Under a President that sent Tunisia back to authoritarianism, Tunisia faces real prospects of economic collapse amid high inflation, […]

Americas Columns Headlines International Maghreb Morocco Opinions

CIA Declassified Memo Confirms Moroccanness of Eastern Sahara

A declassified U.S. intelligence document recognizes the Moroccan sovereignty over the Eastern Sahara stretching from Hassi Beida (Bechar province) down to Tinjoub town (southern Mhamid Ghizlane) and holds France, the former colonial power, responsible for the territorial dispute between Morocco and Algeria. The Memo declassified by the Central Intelligence Agency in 2004 strengthens Morocco’s legal […]

Business Columns Emerging Markets Headlines Opinions Tunisia

After rentier Algeria, cash-strapped Tunisia says it wants to join BRICS

After Algeria, another failing African economy, Tunisia, said it seeks to join the BRICS, a group of fast growing emerging industrial countries with diversified economies that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The announcement was made by a proponent of the Kais Saied authoritarian presidency Mahmoud bin Mabrouk who leads the July 25 […]

Columns Headlines Maghreb Opinions

Algerian president launches new wave of fake news on Al Jazeera

In a newly aired interview by Al Jazeera, Algerian President Abdelmedjid Tebboune continues to entertain as he unleashed a new series of lies about the economy of his country. At North Africa Post, we had the habit of describing Tebboune as a member of the music band that was playing while the ship was sinking. […]

Columns Finance Headlines Opinions Tunisia

Tunisia’s economic outlook dims as President rejects IMF conditions

Cash-strapped Tunisia continues to face headwinds in its quest to obtain a lifeline $1.9 billion credit from the IMF whose conditions are now openly rejected by authoritarian president Kais Saied. Saied was outspoken in rejecting the IMF conditions for Tunisia to cut subsidies in order to improve public finances. Saied’s statement adds to the fierce […]

Columns Europe Headlines International Morocco Opinions

France says ties with Morocco are “exceptional” amid silently brewing crisis

The French foreign ministry said that France’s relations with Morocco were excellent and that authorities in the two countries maintain regular contacts in a context of what many analysts describe as a silently brewing crisis due to Paris’ vocal support for the military regime in Algeria. The statement was made Friday at a press conference […]

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Soaring food prices hamper Ramadan celebrations around Africa

During the ongoing holy month of Ramadan, millions of Muslims around Africa are feeling the pinch of inflation, as food and energy prices have been soaring in the wake of the Russia- Ukraine war and also due to the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change-related events on the global economy. African countries, […]

Columns Community Headlines Opinions Tunisia

UN Calls on Tunisia’s Kais Saied to end hate speech & violence against African migrants

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has called on Tunisian regime to publicly condemn racist hate speech against sub-Saharan migrants, immediately halt their arrests and collective detentions, and release those who are arbitrarily detained, especially women and children. In a statement issued this Tuesday under its early warning and urgent action […]