First Independent Mena Newspaper
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Since he took power with the blessing of his military mentor, President Tebboune of Algeria has not left the capital and has not visited any Algerian town leading many to say that he is imprisoned in the Al Mouradia palace and confirming his status as a civilian puppet of a military junta that holds a […]
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 […]
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced that it will open an investigation to establish the extent to which political statements and events at the opening ceremony of the African Nations Championship for local players (CHAN) in Algeria violate the statutes and regulations of CAF and FIFA. In a statement published Sunday on its […]
French President Emmanuel Macron has ruled out offering any apologies to Algeria over France’s colonial past while insisting on continuing reconciliation efforts between the two countries. In an interview with Algerian writer Kamal Daoud published on Le Point, Macron made it clear “I have no apologies to make.” “The only pardon I asked for was […]
The U23 national soccer team is, Friday morning, at the Rabat-Salé airport waiting for the official authorization to take off to Constantine to take part in the African Nations Championship (CHAN), which will be held from January 13 to February 4, 2023. “We are at the airport and we are still waiting for the official […]
If Algeria’s Chief of Staff, Army General Saïd Chengriha is not seen to be changing, he is likely to be removed and President Tebboune will not stand by Chengriha if the army turns against him, said a London-based Think-tank in its latest report on the ruling military regime in Algeria. The radical cut to the […]