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France does damage control in Rabat as it tilts closer to authoritarian Algeria

Few days after the adoption of a French-instigated European Parliament resolution hostile to Morocco, French Ambassador to Rabat tried to distance his country from the move that has angered Moroccan authorities and triggered a commensurate response from the European Parliament. In an interview with French-speaking magazine Telquel, French Ambassador Christophe Lecourtier said that the resolution […]

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Algeria: French daily Le Monde decries Junta’s brutal repression policy

The dissolution of the Algerian League of Human Rights shows “the escalating repression of the Algerian regime which is crushing and suffocating the popular pro-democracy Hirak movement, commented on Thursday French daily “Le Monde”. Hundreds of prisoners of conscience are now locked up and countless human rights militants have been banned from leaving the country […]

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Renault’s factory in Algeria halts due to import restrictions

The Renault factory in Algeria’s Oran has come to a halt after Algerian authorities banned imports of key parts from Spain, a ban highlighting that the Algerian regime is ready to pursue political goals at the expense of the economy. Since Spain ended its double-speak on the Sahara issue by expressing full support to the […]

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MEP: By tolerating Algeria & criticizing Morocco, EU & Paris strengthen Algerian Regime

Member of European Parliament Thierry Mariani denounced on Tuesday the biased stand adopted by the European Parliament against Morocco, a “key strategic partner of the EU in Africa”, while turning a blind eye to Algeria’s oppression of pro-democracy militants for gas supplies. “By tolerating everything from Algeria and systematically slamming Morocco, the EU and Macron […]

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Algerian President manipulates and inflates economic indicators

Soon after announcing the retrieval of 20 billion dollars, President Tebboune drew mockery when he said that another 36 billion dollar amount was confiscated from a family that concealed it somewhere in vast Algeria. That brings the total sum of allegedly seized money to $56 billion, a sum that is about 35% of Algeria’s GDP […]

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Algeria dissolves human rights NGO LADDH

Algeria has dissolved human rights NGO LADDH whom it accused of cooperation with international rights groups at a context where the military regime intensifies its crackdown on dissident voices. The NGO said its only crime was defending human rights in a country whose jails are full of civil society activists and journalists. Following a suit […]

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“It is time for U.S.A. to designate Algeria a State Sponsor of Terrorism”, Says Ex- U.S. Attorney General

Former Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has urged the U.S. administration to add Algeria on its State Sponsors of Terrorism list for the support provided by the Algerian regime to the polisario, a terrorist organization. “Algeria must be held accountable for its support of the Polisario Front”, said the American attorney in a letter published […]

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Algeria, Palestinian Cause’s Executioner at UN

The monstrosity of Algeria and its ambassador to the UN, Ennadir Larbaoui, truly knows no bounds. Within a year of this ambassador’s arrival, Algeria has become the de facto executioner of the Palestinian cause at the UN. Driven by its visceral and pathological hatred of Morocco, Algeria and its representative at the UN have once […]

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Algeria’s self-defeating decisions, Morocco-phobia spill over to sports

Blinded by hostility to Morocco, Algeria’s military rulers and their civilian puppets have taken a series of unilateral decisions from closing borders to cutting diplomatic ties with Rabat and halting gas supplies. But, these measures- intended to hurt Morocco- have backfired at Algiers with a spill over to sports as Algeria undermines by itself its […]