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The European Parliament has withdrawn a resolution condemning Algeria’s crackdown on the media and its freedom of speech violation, a move that was orchestrated by Macron’s MEPs. The resolution was intended to denounce the muzzling of the media by the Algerian regime and the arrest of journalists including editor in chief of the country’s last […]
Morocco has gained an important post within the African Union, dealing a hard blow to the Algerian regime which has lost regional and international lust, becoming just an empty shell. Moroccan diplomat Amina Selmane has presented lately to AU Commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat her credentials as the Permanent Representative of the Arab Maghreb Union […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]