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Violent protests resumed in Algeria’s southwestern city of Tiaret where taps have been dry for days including during Eid celebrations, amid total blackout from local media. First reported by AP, AFP has also zoomed in on the tensions in Tiaret where the population blocked streets and torched tires to express their anger at the government […]
Polisario chief Brahim Ghali, who received in 2001 life-saving medical treatment in Spain, had left the European country without paying racked up bills of 45,658 euros for intensive care, medications, and services provided during his 44-day stay in hospital. After contracting Covid-19, Head of the Polisario armed militia was smuggled into Spain by the Algerian […]
Algeria’s desperate resort to three mercenaries, traitors to their country, as so-called petitioners to talk not about the Moroccan Sahara, but to call for violence and attack the sacred institutions of the Kingdom, reflects the very failure of the Algerian regime’s separatist scheme in Morocco. The remarks were made by Morocco’s permanent representative to the […]
Algeria’s diplomacy refuses to look in the mirror as it continues to suffer setbacks in support of a Polisario separatist militia that has become a real liability for the military rulers in Algiers. Algeria’s erratic diplomacy has reaped but defeats as the number of Polisario supporters has diminished to be limited to a handful of […]
Several UN petitioners have praised the growing international support for Morocco’s autonomy plan offered for the Sahara under its sovereignty, highlighted the impressive socioeconomic development in the Sahara and denounced the human rights violations in Tindouf camps and the Algerian regime anti-Moroccan pathological obsession. Addressing the annual session of the United Nations C-24 convening in […]
The Confederation of African Football has denied press reports alleging the postponement of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations to be hosted by Morocco, deflating the smear campaign launched by the Algerian regime which was vying for the tournament. On Wednesday, French sports newspaper L’Equipe quoted CAF’s Secretary General as saying that the 2025 Morocco […]
Algeria’s army chief, Gen. Saïd Chengriha, has escaped lately an assassination attempt that has given rise to all sorts of speculations among security and military ranks, according to leaked intelligence reports. A car bomb has targeted the General’s convoy, leading to a deadly collision and fire that claimed six lives. The identities of the victims […]
After four years in office without any major economic or diplomatic achievement, President Tebboune of Algeria has already started his premature electoral campaign touring the country. In 2019, amid the pro-democracy protests that ousted ailing president Bouteflika, Tebboune was the civilian curtain of then Algerian kingmaker General Gaid Saleh. Soon after the sudden death of […]
The Algerian regime has announced big plans to attract 12 million tourists by 2030. Yet, on the ground, everything needs to be done from relaxing visa procedures, training skilled staff to ensuring security in a country that is notorious as one of the hardest countries to access in North Africa. With over 1600 km of […]
The city of Tiaret in western Algeria has been rocked by violent clashes as citizens take to the streets torching tires and protesting water cuts. Videos shared on social media showed Tiaret citizens blocking roads and denouncing 20 days of water outage, after a dam that supplies the city went empty. Algeria’s media, mostly mouthpieces […]