First Independent Mena Newspaper
A meeting meant to relaunch strained ties between France and Algeria has instead laid bare Algiers’ weakened diplomatic position, with the spying controversy surrounding a senior Algerian intelligence chief casting a long shadow over the talks. Earlier this month, discussions in Paris, led by French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez and his Algerian counterpart Saïd Sayoud, […]
A video posted on social media network on the so-called mega Gara Djebilet project has gone viral as it showed a bare land with a medium-size pit and no activity on the site contrary to the false propaganda produced by the state-owned Algerian media on the giant iron mine. During a visit to the site, […]
Algeria’s latest diplomatic retreat in its standoff with France appears to confirm a pattern identified according to which Algiers confrontational strategy- aimed at forcing Western powers to support separatism in the Sahara territory- repeatedly ends in concessions without gains. Algeria had escalated tensions with Paris after France officially recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara territory. […]
Algeria’s top officials are showing signs of a marked change in tone on the Sahara issue, as growing support for Morocco’s autonomy plan and international pressure- particularly from the United States- forces Algiers to recalibrate a decades long narrative built on failed bid to contain Rabat. Speaking on May 24, Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf declared […]
Morocco issued a strongly worded rebuke on May 21 accusing individuals linked to Algeria’s delegation at UNESCO of “unacceptable” conduct, as Algerian regime looks intent on contaminating sports and culture with its enmity towards anything Moroccan. In a statement, Morocco’s delegation said participants representing Moroccan civil society were subjected to repeated verbal abuse during events […]
French Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin arrived in Algiers on Monday, becoming the third French minister to visit the country in three months, in the clearest sign yet of a thaw in relations after a prolonged diplomatic crisis triggered by Algeria after Paris expressed its outright support for Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara territory and for […]
Head of the Algerian army, General Saïd Chengriha, spoke before a hall of uniformed officers last week, praising what he described as Algeria’s steady economic progress and national resilience. His speech came right after new EU statistics showed Algerians had become the largest group of irregular migrants in the bloc, with Spanish authorities also reporting […]
Independent United Nations human rights experts have raised concerns over what they describe as a “deliberate and systematic” crackdown by Algerian authorities targeting relatives of victims of enforced disappearances and rights activists. In a statement, the experts- mandated by the UN Human Rights Council- said Algerian authorities had engaged in practices including secret detentions, arrests […]
Amnesty International has called on Algerian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all arbitrarily detained journalists targeted for exercising their right to freedom of expression, including Abdelwakil Blamm, Hassan Bouras and Christophe Gleizes. The call came ahead of the 14 May trial of Abdelwakil Blamm on bogus terrorism charges. The Rights Watchdog has also denounced […]
A fleet of cargo aircraft linked to the Russian military conducted more than 160 flights to Algeria over the past year, likely delivering advanced fighter jets and reinforcing the North African country’s role as a logistics hub for Moscow’s operations in Africa, according to an investigation cited by Defense News. The probe, also cited by […]