Tag: Algeria

African Civil Society Wants AU to Put End to Ordeal of Sub-Saharans in Algeria

January 19, 2018

Civil society associations in Guinea, Gabon and Niger have urged the African Union to put the issue of the human rights violations by Algerian authorities ... Read More

Algeria: HRW Denounces Lack of Freedom of Speech, Assembly & Association

January 18, 2018

Human Rights Watch has denounced the systematic violations of freedom of speech, assembly & association despite constitutional amendments guaranteeing these rights. Algerian authorities continued to ... Read More

Guinean President Recalls Ambassador to Algiers in Protest against Treatment of Sub-Saharans

January 17, 2018

President Alpha Condé has recalled Guinea’s Ambassador in Algiers in protest over the inhuman treatment endured by Sub-Saharan migrants in Algeria. The decision by Condé, ... Read More

Morocco Set to Join AU’s Peace & Security Council

January 16, 2018

Morocco is set to be a major player within the African Union by integrating its supreme decision making body on peace and security issues: the ... Read More

US Travel Advisory Lists Morocco as Safe, Algeria Requires ‘increased precaution’

January 15, 2018

Morocco has been described as one of the few safest countries in the globe for travelers by the US travel advisory issued by the US ... Read More

Algeria’s Sapped Tourism Potential

January 8, 2018

Battered by a sharp decline in its international reserves, Algeria made of tourism a key sector to relieve its economy from an acute dependency on ... Read More

Sahara: Polisario’s Banditry Puts Ceasefire Agreement At Risk

January 6, 2018

The Polisario is set to occupy the border crossing linking Morocco to Mauritania through its repetitive acts of banditry in the area that is supposed ... Read More

Polisario Resumes Provocations East of Sahara Security Wall

January 4, 2018

Emboldened by Algeria's military and diplomatic cover, the Polisario inaugurated 2018 with a resumption of provocations in the Guerguarat area, the southernmost tip of Morocco's ... Read More

Algeria: Military Expenditures Hit $9.37 bln in 2015- US State Department

January 4, 2018

Algeria has earmarked $9.37 billion to military expenditures in 2015, the US Department of State said in its 2017 World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers ... Read More

Algeria’s Car Industry Goals Come up Against Absence of Strategy

January 2, 2018

NISSAN TO ADJUST SUNDERLAND OPERATIONShandout image Algeria has announced its plan to increase its car production capacity to 260,000 by 2018, a goal that remains ... Read More