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Algerian agri-food experts have rang the alarm bell as to the state of dependence on imports that threatens Algeria’s food security. Agriculture expert AKli Moussouni told Algerian website TSA that officials in the country are selling lies to people by claiming that Algeria produces 70% of its food needs. “It is totally irresponsible to hide […]
France hailed this Monday the adoption by the UN Security Council of Resolution 2414, extending the mandate of MINURSO until 31 October 2018 and welcoming the “serious and credible” Moroccan autonomy plan for the Sahara. “Paris fully supports this mission, which plays a vital role in promoting peace and stability in the region”, said the […]
The Sahara conflict has become a “textbook example of a frozen conflict”, said the US mission to the UN in an explanation for the UN Security Council vote for Resolution 2414 renewing MINURSO mandate for six months instead of one year as has been always the case. “The fact is that we, as a Security […]
An Algerian court Tuesday sentenced several nationals from Liberia, Mali and Guinea for their involvement in espionage operations for Israel, Anadolu Agency reported. A Liberian national of Lebanese origin was handed death sentence. Seven other defendants from Mali and Guinea were given 10 years in jail each for espionage for Israel, the Turkish news agency […]
The US State Department has slammed the continued human rights violations in Algeria wherein security forces routinely detained individuals who participated in prohibited strikes or protests. Overuse of pretrial detention remained a problem in this North African country, said the US annual Human Rights Report. Although the law prohibits arbitrary arrest and detention, authorities sometimes […]
A new report, commissioned and funded by the European Union, has pointed out that the Algeria-backed Polisario front, is involved in the terrorist activities and arms trafficking that plague the Sahel-Sahara region. The Polisario’s conversion to terrorism has once again been confirmed by a damning report, elaborated by “Project Safte”, an international research project that […]
Every year on April 20, Algerian Berbers take to the streets to demand the independence of the mountainous Kabylie on the occasion of the anniversary of the Berber Spring, marking the bloody crackdown by the Algerian regime in 2001 killing at least 116 protesters. The 2001 bloody events triggered the birth of a movement for […]
Following the example of Guinea, Mali has summoned its Ambassador to Algiers to express its rejection of the ill-treatment of Sub-Saharan migrants by Algerian authorities. In total, some 1440 Malians underwent arbitrary expulsions and were abandoned in harsh conditions by Algerian authorities between January and March 2018. In a comment to the BBC, Mali’s Foreign […]
Tassel Airlines of Algeria ranked the worst airline in the world in terms of on-time performance, said the UK-based OAG in its recent survey. The company scored an on-time performance rate of 29.2% over its 425 flights making it the worst airline in the world in terms of punctuality, the report said. The airline’s on-time […]
An imminent implosion is threatening Algeria’s stability as several regions of its south are boiling in protest over decades of economic marginalization, said Algerian opposition leader Said Saadi. Saadi, who was speaking to Algerian diaspora in Quebec, said the Amazigh speaking Kabylie region has always been portrayed as a region of dissent, but “today the […]