First Independent Mena Newspaper
The latest UN Security Council resolution on the Sahara dealt another blow to Algeria which took two days to react with a timid statement stating its usual pro-separatist stands and an anachronism verging on illusions to see the UN return to unfeasible referendum option. The Algerian foreign ministry issued its statement rejecting the UN resolution […]
The Algerian regime and its protégé, the Polisario front, were dealt a blow this Thursday at the UN headquarters in New York, when the Security Council adopted a new resolution on the Sahara which shattered the expectations of the opponents of Morocco’s territorial integrity. In its resolution 2654 on the Sahara issue, adopted by 13 […]
Iran is infiltrating North Africa and Sahel through using malign actors such as the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist to sow instability in the region, Morocco’s representative to the UN Omar Hilal said. The comment came in response to a question on Morocco’s reaction to news claiming that Polisario has acquired Iranian drones. “After destabilizing Yemen, Iran […]
Algeria has announced painful reforms including subsidies cuts on which the social peace hinges to try to save its crumbling finances, but all the reforms have vanished as the oil and gas bonanza offer the regime space to gain time and delay reforms as the country heads straight to economic collapse. Before the Russia-Ukraine war […]
Has the Arab summit failed before its kickstart on November 1? As was expected, the Arab summit in Algeria is on its way to be the least attended by Arab monarchs and presidents. Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister was the first to apologize from attending the Algiers summit and other Gulf monarchs are expected […]
The announcement by Morocco’s phosphates and fertilizers producer OCP to double its soil nutrient exports to Africa was a boon for a continent that bears the brunt of the surge in commodities prices due to the Russia-Ukraine war. OCP said last week it will bolster its fertilizers exports to Africa to 4 million tons in […]
The ministerial council chaired by King Mohammed VI has approved a draft budget that aims at fostering the pillars of the welfare state by focusing on the generalization of social protection, upgrading the education system, improving access to social housing and protecting vulnerable groups. The draft budget expects a growth rate of 4% and a […]
Morocco has reportedly purchased an unspecified number of China’s Wing Loong II medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as it continues to bolster its air capabilities and drone arsenal. The news was reported by multiple defense outlets but no confirmation from Morocco where the army does not announce its procurements. The new acquisitions will further […]
New York times has had a rare access to the sealed Algerian state, drawing a bleak picture of conditions there and holding the military junta responsible for the widespread despair among Algerians. In an article dubbed, ” In Algeria, Veiled From the World, Past and Future Are Shrouded, Too”, New York Times bureau chief in […]
A Geneva-based non-governmental organization has denounced before the United Nations the acts of reprisals carried out by Algeria against the relatives of political dissidents settled abroad. In this connection, the Alkarama Foundation submitted to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention the case of the arrest of Abderrahmane Zitout. The “crime” of Abderrahmane Zitout is […]