The inhumane conditions imposed on thousands of Sahraouis held against their will in the Polisario-run camps of Tindouf in Algeria, coupled with a bloody crackdown on dissent, are creating conditions auguring for violent uprising. This week, disenchanted youth from Oulad Tidrarine tribe revolted against the Polisario militias, torching vehicles and exchanging fire in full media […]
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Algeria’s south, a tinderbox waiting to explode
Oil and gas rich southern Algeria has in recent years been boiling with a spate of protests that often turn violent such as the recent protests in the Touareg city of Tin-Zaouatin where a man has been killed by live fire. Protests in Tin Zaouatin, near the borders with Mali, erupted after Algerian authorities imposed […]

