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Algeria, a country notorious for its inaccessibility to filmmakers and foreign journalists, has surprisingly allowed the shooting of Goat Life, an Indian movie that paints a very derogatory image of Saudi society. The film was banned by the Saudis because it tells a one-sided story depicting the Saudis as slave owners. While the movie has […]
On August 22, the Tunisian judiciary ordered the release of opposition politician Safi Saïd. Saïd, a former candidate in the 2014 and 2019 presidential elections who withdrew from this year’s race, had been arrested on August 20 for “illegally crossing the border into Algeria.” The 70-year-old writer and critic of the current Tunisian president was […]
Head of the Kabylie independence movement MAK, Ferhat Mhenni, rejected the recent recycled accusation of terrorism used by the Algerian regime to crackdown on independence activists at home. In an interview with le360, Mhenni- who is based in exile in Paris- highlighted the peaceful character of the Kabyle independence struggle as scores are being jailed […]
The Algerian regime has reached out to Niger’s military rulers to mend broken relationship in a bid to shore up its eroding influence in Africa and counter Morocco’s significant inroads across the Continent, especially in the Sahel. According to some analysts, Algeria’s U-turn and overture to its southern neighbors are unlikely to succeed because the […]
Morocco has exposed Algeria’s double speak in defending obsolete options in the Sahara issue with the aim to serve its own anti-Moroccan agenda, saying Algiers had better apply its definition of self-determination at home. This came in a letter to the UN Security Council by Moroccan representative to the UN Omar Hilale, who denounced Algeria’s […]
ARTICLE 19 has decried the Algerian authorities’ tactics of deliberately targeting and silencing opposition and critical voices ahead of the presidential election on 7 September 2024. In a press release issued Monday, the international NGO has denounced the amendments to the Algerian Penal Code, which mark a significant escalation in the Algerian government’s crackdown on […]
The most recent showdown at the UN Security Council between Russia and non-permanent member Algeria is indicative of an intensifying friction over much broader regional issues, where the two countries lie at the antipodes. Boxing Row At the Security Council meeting on women peace and security, Russia’s representative brought the row over the gender identity […]
Algeria has allowed a sit-in in support of its Polisario militia proxies, meanwhile it has not authorized marches in solidarity with Palestine, which it claims to support domestically and internationally. Aware that the Polisario’s separatist thesis does not attract Algerian masses, Algerian authorities allowed a sit-in to condemn the French decision to back Morocco’s sovereignty […]
Algerian social media is awash with videos showing migrants making the risky Mediterranean crossing to escape misery in their homeland, as the oil and gas-rich country becomes the new launchpad for migrants wishing to reach Europe. As the economic outlook worsens in Algeria, Spanish authorities reported a surge in arrivals from Algeria since 2021. Observers […]
As the autonomy plan under Moroccan sovereignty gains support by global powers to end the Sahara conflict, Algeria’s reactions confirm its standing as the real party to the conflict and reduce the Polisario to its actual status of a proxy militia. Prior to France making its new clear-cut position in support of Morocco’s autonomy plan […]