First Independent Mena Newspaper
Morocco will not be able to travel to Algeria to defend its title in the African local players championship (CHAN) after its request for a direct flight on board national carrier RAM was rejected. Morocco will not be able to defend its title because “it was not given permission for a trip departing from Rabat-Sale […]
South Africa will use its chairmanship of the BRICS group of leading emerging economies — comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — to focus on advancing African interests, the country’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has said. South Africa has just taken over the chairmanship of the BRICS — a bloc widely seen as an […]
The Algerian government has indulged in telling half-truths by focusing on value of gas exports instead of the volume which has dropped 10% to 49.3 billion cubic meters in 2022, down more than 5 bcm from 2021. The drop confirms forecasts that Algeria- which already lost its status as an oil country- will lack capacity […]
Three years after the Hirak, Algeria has become an even more repressive country led by a ruthless military junta which continues to nurture hostility to France as a mantra of the regime, said former French ambassador to Algiers who warns that the ongoing collapse of Algeria will have repercussions on France. Xavier Driencourt served as […]
The recent arrest of journalist Ihsane El-Kadi illustrates a repressive headlong rush by the Algerian government, the French daily Le Monde said this Tuesday. In its editorial, entitled “In Algeria, the calamitous authoritarian overbidding of the regime”, the daily stated that the Algerian regime continues its ”repressive headlong rush” and its ”calamitous authoritarian outbidding.” “The […]
The Moroccan Press Council has asked the African Football Federation (CAF) to ensure Moroccan reporters receive a fair treatment during their coverage of the Africa U23 Cup of Nations known as CHAN. In a letter to CAF, the council urged CAF to ensure Moroccan reporters enjoy the freedom of movement and have the right to […]
The European news website InfoMigrants has just published a feature story on the hell a Guinean teenager, named Ahmed, went through when his bad luck took him to Algeria, where he could hardly find a job and where he ended up in prison before being deported manu-military to the desert near Niger’s borders. The 15-year-old […]
Algeria’s civilian facade, President Abdelmedjid Tebboune, gave a new interview to Le Figaro in which he sought in vain to redefine the standards of diplomatic engagement by describing his regime’s unilateral decision to sever ties with Rabat as a decision to avert war. In diplomatic norms, breaking diplomatic ties and terminating all communication channels is […]
Former Algerian Finance Minister Mohamed Loukal was sentenced on Thursday to seven years in prison for corruption. The financial and economic criminal division of the Court of Sidi M’hamed (Algiers) prosecuted Loukal for his involvement in corruption cases, under his position as former director general of the External Bank of Algeria (BEA), local media reported. […]
Morocco’s Royal Football Federation (FRMF) told the Confederation of African Football that the national team could boycott the Africa U23 Cup of Nations if the national team is not allowed to have a direct flight to Algeria. Algeria has closed its airspace to all Moroccan flights adding to borders which it has kept closed since […]