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In a sharply worded op-ed published on 29 October 2026, the Franco-Algerian writer and intellectual Boualem Sansal argues that Morocco has decisively outpaced Algeria in the long-running contest for regional leadership and influence across Africa. The OP-ed published by le350, frames the rivalry between the two North African neighbors as an ongoing “match without a […]
Algeria’s emerging military role in Niger raises a fundamental question: what exactly does Algeria bring to the Sahel besides what seems to be self-serving troop deployment? For decades, Algerian officials presented themselves as champions of regional stability. Yet many of the jihadist movements that have destabilized the Sahel trace their origins, leadership, or ideological lineage […]
Algeria’s parliament has formally agreed to authorize the deployment of Algerian troops to Niger. The decision was never genuinely in the hands of the lawmakers. It had already been taken by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and the military clique that effectively runs the country. The vote was pure theater. This move was prepared well in advance […]
Within days, Algerian state media and regime-aligned outlets have unleashed a fresh wave of conspiracy theories, the latest and most theatrical targeting the United Arab Emirates. On the heels of the diplomatic rupture with Abu Dhabi, official and semi-official channels claimed the Emirates is preparing a “foreign legion” of 3,000 to 4,000 mercenaries explicitly aimed […]
Algerian authorities announced- without providing whatsoever compelling evidence- on 11 October the dismantling of an “extremely dangerous” international Moroccan criminal network of 61 people allegedly preparing acts of sabotage in Oran. The official communiqué offered almost nothing. No precise arrest date (only “early October”), no targets, no operational plan, and not a single weapon. The […]
An Algerian court has sentenced economist and academic Djelloul Slama to four years in prison for publicly doubting the economic viability of the Gara Djebilet iron mine, one of the regime’s most heavily promoted industrial projects. The Dar El Beïda tribunal in Algiers handed down the verdict on Thursday, 15 October 2026, along with a […]
Nine years after Algeria first activated the printing presses under the guise of “non-conventional financing,” the regime’s addiction to helicopter money remains firmly in place. What was presented in 2017 as a temporary five-year lifeline to stave off bankruptcy has become a permanent fixture of fiscal mismanagement. The Bank of Algeria continues to bankroll a […]
From time to time, the Morocco-phobic Algerian regime reaches for a familiar playbook, casting the Kingdom as the villain in a drama staged for a disenchanted population still queuing for basic goods. This time the conspiracy theory produces a script featuring the arrest of 61 Moroccans allegedly preparing sabotage acts, armed with nothing more than […]
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune delivered another of his periodic media performances speaking for nearly two hours with carefully selected state journalists. As has become routine, the president talked a great deal and said remarkably little of substance, even as the domestic economy deteriorated and Algeria’s diplomatic irrelevance deepens. Algerians waited in vain for clarity or […]
While Spanish political debate remains dominated by the July migrant surge into Ceuta and unfounded accusations directed at Morocco, a more structural shift has taken hold on the Western Mediterranean route shaped by Algeria. Algeria has in fact become the principal departure point for irregular migrants heading to Europe. According to converging assessments from Frontex, […]