First Independent Mena Newspaper
“The operation was successful,” said an Algerian official in a supermarket in Algiers in front of an applauding crowd and state media. One would think that the comment came after the launch of a skyrocket. It was rather a celebration of Algeria’s first card payment. State media and local officials gathered around a liter of […]
The Algerian military regime has started feeling the heat with the growing military strength of Morocco which has just received U.S. Apache attack helicopters and purchased Chinese TB-001 reconnaissance & attack drones “Twin-Tailed Scorpion.” According to experts, the advanced Chinese long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will reinforce Moroccan military capabilities in border surveillance and […]
Morocco is planning to build a major military base in the southernmost tip of the Sahara to counter growing terror threats in the Sahel, according to intelligence reports cited by several media outlets. The military base will carry out surgical airstrikes against jihadists operating the Sahel in coordination with the United States and France and […]
After ensuing a series of self-inflicted diplomatic blows, the new Algeria continues to punch above its weight in denial of a reality wherein its voice is no longer audible including within the Arab League. Algeria has failed to join the BRICS, cut ties with Morocco, is mired in a diplomatic crisis with France, has alienated […]
France gave Algeria six weeks to take its nationals sent back for violating French laws or else deals, such as the 1968 deals offering Algerians preferential treatment in settling and working in France, will be declared null and void. The ultimatum was issued by French prime minister François Bayrou after Algiers rejected three of its […]
The arrest of novelist Boualem Sansal took place three months ago against the backdrop of worsening ties between Algeria and France, following Paris recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara. Through this arrest, the Algerian regime sent three messages to Sansal, France and Algerians, wrote former French ambassador Xavier Driencourt. In his first op-ed on […]
French interior minister Bruno Retailleau said his country would impose sanctions on Air Algerie, as Algeria continues to reject individuals expelled by France on grounds of violating French laws. Algeria has so far rejected three of its own nationals who were living illegally in France and who were involved in criminal activity. The latest episode […]
The Algerian beleaguered regime has crossed a new line in abomination in its repressive measures against all dissenting voices. Its latest absurdity showed when it demanded that French writer Boualem Sansal, jailed since November, changes his lawyer by a “non-Jewish” attorney. This outrageous blackmail illustrates, if need be, the reckless drift of the current government. […]
The President has been deployed himself at what appears as a life or death election for the position of “deputy” African Union commission chairperson, which was won by Algerian diplomat Selma Malika Haddadi. The Algerian large delegation- which came to campaign for their candidate equipped with lavished leather bags- burst out in jubilation in the […]
Algeria’s foreign minister Ahmed Attaf returned empty handed from the African Union Peace and Security Council elections in Addis Ababa, where Algeria failed to take Morocco’s seat. The resounding defeat in the election of the African Union most important body reflects the inaudible voice Algeria has in a rapidly developing continent, where rhetoric is no […]