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Economists have long warned the Algerian regime of an impending Venezuelan scenario as the country put off reforms leaving the economy dependent since independence on oil and gas sales of its state-owned company Sonatrach. The company, which aspired to be among the top 5 global oil and gas companies globally in 2030, hit the cliff […]
Algeria’s ministry of communication announced Wednesday it lodged a complaint against French media M6, it accused of clandestine activities in the oil-rich country following the release on Sunday of a reportage on popular anti-regime popular protests. “The ministry of communication has this Wednesday lodged complaint for the production of the broadcast in Algeria, without […]
The European Union supports the UN process on the Sahara and looks forward to the resumption of the quadripartite talks, under the aegis of the UN, said EU Foreign Policy Chief at the European Parliament. The EU position concerning the Sahara is fully aligned with the resolutions of the UN Security Council, underlined on Tuesday […]
Algeria’s communication ministry Monday issued a ban on French TV M6 for the production of a clandestine reportage on Hirak, the popular demonstrations that have engulfed the country since February last year. “This precedent is pushing us to ban M6 from operating in Algeria, no matter how,” the ministry said in a statement. M6 on […]
Disarray in the Polisario’s ranks: A former secret service officer promises overwhelming revelations
French geo-politician and historian Charles Saint-Prot has called on the Algerian regime to reconsider its anti-Moroccan obsession and end its costly support for the separatist plot, underlining that Algiers must understand that “diplomacy is not based on hatred”. “It is time for the Algerian regime to reconsider its anti-Moroccan obsession and move towards ending support […]
Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni was handed Tuesday a two year- prison sentence on appeal as crackdown on dissent intensifies after months of anti-government demonstrations in Algeria. Drareni, 40, is the director of the Casbah Tribune, the correspondent of the French TV5 Monde channel and Reporters without Borders in Algeria. Drareni, who has been held in […]
As the UN Secretary General braces to submit his new report on the Sahara to the Security Council in October with no words on the new UN envoy for the Sahara, the Algerian rulers and the Polisario leaders are becoming more hysterical and agitated. They unleash their frustration and anger at the United Nations and […]
The Algeria-backed polisario separatist group has accused the United Nations of violating the ceasefire agreement, concluded in 1991, after the UN dropped definitively the referendum option for the settlement of the Sahara, insisting on a realistic, practical and lasting political solution to the Sahara issue. The Algerian-Polisario duo seized the opportunity of the 29th anniversary […]
Algeria has asked the EU to put on hold a free trade agreement that was due to be signed this year as it drags its feet on customs reforms, an EU official said. Under the Association Agreement between the two countries, Algeria should have entered into an FTA with the EU in 2017 but has […]