First Independent Mena Newspaper
The number of Algerians who sought political asylum in Europe in the year 2017 reached 10,000, data from Eurostat, a European statistical agency, showed. According to Eurosat, the 28 countries of the European Union have registered over 750,000 asylum applications in 2017, a decrease from 2015 and 2016 figures, when applicants numbered 1,323,000 and 1,260,000 […]
Polisario militiamen fired live ammunition to abort a protest movement by disenchanted Sahrawis, decrying inhumane treatment and violations in the Tindouf camps in Algeria’s southwest. The protesters were planning a protest in front of the headquarters of the separatist group to express their anger at the death of Salek Brika, a Sahrawi political activists, who […]
The Amazigh population (Berbers) in Algeria’s restive Kabylie region are looking to establish their own security forces to protect themselves against the violence and excess of the Algerian law enforcement agents. The call for setting up a local force was made by head of the movement for the self-determination of Kabylie, Ferhat Mhenni, who lives […]
Foreign investment in Algeria plummeted to $1.2 billion in 2017, a drop of 26 per cent compared to 2016, according to the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The figures show Algeria’s perceived unfriendliness among foreign investors who are expecting genuine reforms that inspire confidence instead of superficial measures. In the Doing Business Index, […]
Algeria boasts the biggest military budget in Africa but its military doctrine and over dependence on Russian weapons combined with a lack of international experience cast a shadow over efficiency. The frequent airplane crashes and accidents in the Algerian air force fleet are but a tree that hides a forest of mismanagement and a lack […]
Despite a sizable fiscal consolidation in 2017, the fiscal and current account deficits remain large in Algeria, which continues to face important challenges posed by the fall in oil prices four years ago, the IMF said. The fall in oil revenues was mostly felt in Algeria’s reserves which fell by $17 billion to $96 billion […]
As it continues its sealed border policy with neighbors, combined with import restrictions, Algeria deepens its isolation in a dynamic African continent, further undermining prospects of economic diversification away from oil and gas. In a two-speed Africa where countries post two-digit growth rate, Algeria lags behind due to the short-sightedness of its leaders who failed […]
Algerian newspaper El Watan on Monday reported the arrest of more than a hundred jihadists in southern Algeria, including several members of Ansar Eddine group, a news confirming that Algeria remains a rear-base for terrorists and separatists roaming in the Sahara and Sahel zones. The newspaper, citing Algerian security sources, said there are 105 Malian […]
British paper, the SUN, wrote that Iran used its notorious military unit, the revolutionary guard Al Quds Brigade (IRGC) to train the Polisairo separatist group in their rear-base in Algeria. “Ayatollah Khamenei’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps is now believed to be training and arming the Polisario Front, an anti-Western rebel movement in Morocco,” the paper […]
Paris-based and Africa-oriented media Jeune Afrique (JA) has roasted Algerian authorities after local authorities imposed a partial ban on its publications over alleged economy challenges. JA last week issued a statement over the ban, which it said has been unilateral. “Since April 23, our magazine has been absent from the kiosks in Algeria,” the statement […]