First Independent Mena Newspaper
At least 100 people lost their lives to malaria and diphtheria which affected scores in southern Algeria amid a slow reaction from the central government, according to independent observers. Independent journalist Adbou Semmar, citing sources from the ground, said at least 10 people die every day because of lack of medical care following the outbreak […]
Spokesman for the Malian government denounced at the UN in the strongest terms Algeria’s destabilization role in the Sahel and Algiers interference in Mali’s domestic affairs. “We observe a grave interference in Mali’s domestic affairs… Mali is not an Algerian Wilaya (province),” said deputy prime minister and spokesman for the Malian government Abdoulaye Maïga in […]
Few days after Algeria re-introduced visa entry requirements on Moroccan passport holders, Morocco has not reacted to a decision that comes in a series of self-harming escalatory and provocative measures by a disillusioned Algerian military regime blinded by Morocco phobia. The Algerian foreign minister said the measure will have immediate effect and came following what […]
Algeria’s health ministry said Malaria and Diphtheria are spreading in its south on the borders with Mali. The spread highlights the level of marginalization suffered by the Algerian south for decades after the country’s independence. The ministry, however, blamed the spread of the disease on migrants, underscoring a long tradition of blame game by the […]
Keen to save its hard currency reserves for tougher days, Algeria continues an unrelentless import restriction policy that resulted in severe shortages of key products with tires and coffee being the latest to join a long list of expensive and unavailable goods in the country. Transport unions have rung the alarm bell as to the […]
At least a young man died in violent incidents involving football fans and security forces in Algiers that left scores injured, as the regime tries to quell any protests or unrest that could lead to the rebirth of the pro-democracy Hirak protests. The clashes followed a chaotic organization by Algerian authorities of an African confederation […]
Algeria’s drastic import cut policy has caused a severe shortage in all sorts of tires in a country where queues for basic goods have become the new norm. Restrictions to curb the outflow of hard currency in the import reliant country have hit several sectors in Algeria including cars and car parts and tires, leading […]
When results of the latest Algerian presidential election were announced, few Algerians believed the regime’s figures as they have long lost faith in voting as a way to choose freely and democratically their leaders, said an American academic quarterly journal. In an analysis published on Algerian presidential election held Sept.07, which unsurprisingly yielded a second […]
Algeria was severely condemned for the continuous rights violations endured by thousands of Sahrawis under the yoke of the Polisario militias in the Tindouf camps. This came during the 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council, where multiple rights NGOs denounced the enduring practices of extrajudicial executions, kidnappings, and forced disappearances suffered by the […]
The Algerian regime is trying to disrupt Morocco’s presidency of the 57th session of the Human Rights Council, convening in Geneva, by hosting side-events in support of the Polisario, a desperate move which comes after several international bodies have affirmed that the Algeria-backed separatist project has failed and the game is over. After suffering embarrassing […]