First Independent Mena Newspaper
Evoking the colonial origins of Algeria’s current borders is a taboo issue in Algeria that can send those who venture to tell the truth to jail. That was the fate of Boualem Sansal who said in an interview with a French TV channel that western territories of today’s Algeria have been part of Morocco. Sansal […]
French President Emmanuel Macron called on Algeria to release prominent novelist Boualem Sansal, who has been jailed by Algerian authorities since mid-November. In keeping Sansal behind bars, Algeria was “dishonoring itself,” Macron told French ambassadors. Macron deplored that Sansal, 75, is denied medical care due to his arrest. “And we, who love the Algerian people […]
The feckless Algerian military regime starts 2025 with another diplomatic crisis with neighboring Mali making analysts expect more turmoil this year as army chief Said Chengriha has tightened his grip on the country after he promoted himself to Delegate defense minister, while the region and the world are witnessing tectonic geopolitical changes. Chengriha’s promotion has […]
Algeria’s president Abdelmadjid Tebboune and his foreign minister have tried to belittle autonomy plan for the Sahara territory, in a context of growing support for this Moroccan initiative. Tebboune called it a “myth” and insisted on holding a referendum for independence, an obsolete option that proved its unfeasibility and which was abandoned by the UN […]
Mali’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned on Wednesday Algeria of supporting terrorist groups in the Sahel, of fueling instability in the region, and of interfering in its internal affairs. The Foreign Ministry emphasized in a strongly-worded statement that Mali would not allow external powers to meddle in its sovereignty or act as “firefighters” while fueling […]
The civilian façade of the Algerian regime, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, gave 2024 a classic end when he indulged in a speech before MPs in all sorts of insults against jailed novelist Boualem Sansal, whom he bluntly called a “bastard.” Tebboune said Sansal was sent by France as an imposture with an “unknown identity” and who “does […]
The latest remarks made by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune before the lawmakers of the two chambers of the Parliament show the deep predicament of a delusional regime sensing that its days are numbered following the collapse of Assad dictatorship. At a time international observers were expecting a détente in Algerian-French relations amid swirling rumors of an […]
In recent years many renowned western pundits exhibited the bad habit of establishing false syllogism and false equivalences when examining Moroccan-Algerian relations. In their quest to give their analyses the appearance of impartiality and neutrality, many western pundits tend to equate between the belligerent (Algeria) and the victim (Morocco). In this regard, two examples are […]
With the two-term tenure of African Development Bank (AfDB) president Akinwumi Adesina coming to an end by May 2025, a total of eight candidates, including from South Africa, Algeria, Senegal, Zambia, and Mauritania, are in race to succeed him. The race is beginning to heat up with candidates across Africa declaring their intention to replace […]
In recent days, a powerful campaign has gained traction among Algerians on social media under the hashtag #Manish_Radi (I am not satisfied). The regime, after stifling activists and cracking down on protesters, has responded with arrests against anyone who uses the hashtag. As Algeria’s cash-handout policy reaches its limits, the participants on the hashtag shared […]