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Agence France Presse (AFP) deserts its professional, ethical and deontological obligations in the handling of Algerian news and persists, on the contrary, in reserving an incriminating and tendentious coverage against the Kingdom of Morocco, writes the daily “Le Matin” in its Monday edition. In an editorial under the title “Flagrant offence: the French State News […]
The manipulation of figures by the Algerian president continues unashamedly as he inflates non-oil and non-gas exports to project a false impression of an economy that is diversifying away from hydrocarbons. Speaking to a bunch of sycophant editors in chief few days ago, Tebboune said his country’s exports- not including gas and oil- grew to […]
The European Parliament has decried the Algerian authorities’ crackdown on media freedom, calling for the immediate and unconditional release of all those arbitrarily detained for exercising their right to freedom of expression, including journalist Ihsane El-Kadi. In a resolution passed with overwhelming majority, EP urged the Algerian regime to respect press freedom and amend the […]
Morocco booked a place at the U17 FIFA World Cup finals after defeating on Wednesday in Constantine hosts Algeria 3-0 in the quarter finals of U17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). With their stunning victory in a fully packed stadium over Algeria, the Atlas Cubs make it to the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of […]
The civilian façade of the Algerian military regime, President Abdelmedjid Tebboune, has once again held a public meeting with sycophant media during which he unleashed a new wave of fake news, manipulating and inflating figures, while denying a reality of a country in economic and political decline. The editors in chief shunned questions about the […]
Algerian authorities are gearing towards a massive expulsion of thousands of sub-Saharans, settled in the suburbs of Algiers, purportedly because they propagate tuberculosis The expected expulsion order came in an official note from the Wali of Algiers, initialed by Mohammed Lamine Houari. Sub-Saharan migrants are settled in the vicinity of Algiers, particularly in Sidi Moussa, […]
The Algerian regime has pushed its conspiracy theories to an absurd level as it continues to use domestic and foreign actors as scapegoats to blame for its self-inflicted authoritarian flaws which left its democracy-yearning youth impoverished and its economy heavily dependent on the price of the barrel. The regime is now evoking the “black decade” […]
The UN Security Council held, in New York, closed-door consultations on the Moroccan Sahara issue. These regular consultations are provided for by Council Resolution 2654 adopted last October 27. According to well-informed sources at the UN headquarters, the members of the Security Council were briefed on Wednesday by the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for the […]
Former Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki deplored his country’s descent to authoritarianism under Kais Saied and his mentor Algeria which he said “never stopped intervening in our internal affairs.” “Algeria opposed us after the revolution and spared no effort to foil Tunisian democracy,” Marzouki told Algerian opposition channel Canal 22 Algérie. The Algerian regime was intent […]
The Arab Maghreb Union AMU issued on April 18 a detailed statement asking Algeria to pay its duties, while debunking the false arguments underlying Algeria’s hysterical reaction to the appointment of a Moroccan citizen as permanent representative of AMU to the African Union. The statement was issued five days after Algeria’s blunt statement in which […]