First Independent Mena Newspaper
CEO of Algeria’s oil and gas company Sonatrach Toufiq Hakkar said on Feb 27 his country was ready to tap the potential of a 10 cubic meter pipeline to Italy, but a day later he backtracked on his promise casting doubt on Algeria’s limited gas production capacity, in a volte-face that indicates a fear of […]
The Quebec Government has launched a recruitment campaign to address urgent and severe nursing shortage due to burnout from overworked nurses amidst the recent surge of Omicron. The province’s labor immigration minister Jean Boulet has announced a $65 million funding over two years to properly “recruit and integrate” nurses from Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Cameroon and […]
The Quebec Government has launched a recruitment campaign to address urgent and severe nursing shortage due to burnout from overworked nurses amidst the recent surge of Omicron. The province’s labour immigration minister Jean Boulet has announced a $ 65 million funding over two years to properly “recruit and integrate” nurses from Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Cameroon […]
Thousands of Algerian nationals settled in France and across Europe gathered on Sunday in Paris to protest against the continuing repression, human rights violations and deteriorating socioeconomic situation in Algeria. The huge demonstration was held ahead of the 3rd anniversary of the “Hirak” popular protest movement to be commemorated on Feb.22 by the Algerians and […]
February 22 will mark the third anniversary of a large-scale pro-democracy protest movement- known as the Hirak- that restored hope in the hearts of many Algerians to see an end of the brutal military rule in their resource rich country. The Hirak was paused on the back of the coronavirus outbreak and the violent crackdown […]
Child rights activists, university professors, journalists and civil society advocates have set up lately a coalition dedicated to the protection of the rights of children violated by the Polisario armed militia in Tindouf Camps under the watch of Algerian authorities. The new body was formed on the occasion of the International Day against the Use […]
Algeria has failed in its endeavor to bring Palestinian factions together around the mediation table which it pinned hope for in its quest to host the Arab league summit. Algeria’s quest is more about whitewashing the image of a decaying regime that punches above its weight diplomatically to distract its own citizens from the deepening […]
The Algerian authorities have been practicing “arbitrary” measures against dozens of prisoners of conscience, who went on strike to protest the extension of their detention, without legal justifications, or intent to try them on terrorism-related and other charges, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said in a statement. Over 40 Hirak detainees in El Harrash prison […]
The Swiss Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has retained the charges of “complicity in war crimes” and “crimes against humanity” against former Chief of Algerian army and ex- Defence minister, General Khaled Nezzar. The OAG accuses Gen. Nezzar, who was arrested in Geneva in 2011, of war crimes and crimes against humanity. These serious […]
The Algerian government has often said the country had a surplus in producing cooking oil blaming the scarcity of the product in the local market on speculation, but an inquiry by a parliamentary committee has exposed the government’s lies and its endemic use of conspiracy theories to justify failed policies. Algerians have struggled for about […]