First Independent Mena Newspaper
After the failure of its polisario separatist project becoming a ticking time bomb and after suffering diplomatic setbacks in its showdown against neighboring Morocco, the Algerian regime has started looking for a way out for survival in a new geopolitical landscape. According to experts, 2025 will be the year of the closure of the Sahara […]
Following years of unending diplomatic crises and worsening economic conditions at home, Algeria’s currency has fallen to unprecedented levels against the Euro in the country’s black market, the genuine metric for the country’s financial health. Demand on foreign currencies as an investment option surged due to uncertainties caused by the regime’s policies both at home […]
Egypt has decided to skip the military exercise which the Algerian regime is planning to organize May 21 to 27 on its territory due to the participation of the Algeria-backed Polisario militias in the drills, according to press reports. Cairo’s refusal to participate in the military maneuvers dealt a hard blow to the Algerian junta […]
Algeria will have to further tighten the belt as barrel prices drop to below $60, boding ill for its export, fiscal deficit, and social peace. Algeria has based its 2025 budget on a barrel price of $70, with over 90% of the country’s economy dependent on oil, gas and byproduct exports. International risk consultancies are […]
Microstate, dwarf, artificial country…these were but a few insults to the UAE by the Algerian state TV, which reflects the official position of the country. These insults came in a statement on national TV in reaction to an interview by an Algerian historian and University Professor Mohamed Lamine Belghit who spoke about his own opinion […]
Niger authorities have reaffirmed their condemnation of Algeria’s mistreatment of African migrants, as authorities rounds up migrants Niger’s official media relayed the condemnation by senior officials including the country’s interior minister, who complained to the International Organization for Migration. At least 5000 African migrants have been bussed in inhumane conditions and abandoned in the harsh […]
In a letter to the members of the UN Security Council, Morocco debunked a series of allegations used by Algeria to deny its responsibility over the continuing suffering of the population held in the Tindouf camps. The letter was sent by Morocco’s representative to the UN, Omar Hilale, in response to Algerian claims put forward […]
Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reaffirmed Madrid’s firm support for Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara under its sovereignty, belying the recent misleading statement of Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune claiming that Spain has backtracked on its support for Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara. In his latest interview with local media outlets, Tebboune said “Spain […]
Clashes broke out between rival armed gangs in the Polisario-controlled Tindouf camps, after three separatists handed over their arms and defected to Morocco, while Algeria has killed Sahrawi youth prospecting for gold. All of these happened in a single month, as the noose tightens around Algiers and the Polisario proxies to accept Morocco’s autonomy plan […]
After decades of backing separatism in Morocco’s Sahara, Algeria and its Polisario proxies have began a conditioning campaign for the autonomy plan, put forward by Rabat as a final political solution to the conflict over the Sahara. The initiative was first proposed by Morocco in 2007 as an ultimate offer to end the conflict that […]