First Independent Mena Newspaper
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 […]
The United Nations has flatly rejected the baseless accusations made lately by the Algerian regime, alleging that Morocco targets civilians in drone attacks carried out in the security berm in the Moroccan Sahara. During his daily press briefing held at the UN Headquarters in New York, Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the UN Security General […]
At first it was described as a working visit, but when Algeria’s President Abdelmedjid Tebboune landed in Cairo to meet his counterpart General Sisi, the trip was described as a private and friendship visit, from which he actually returned empty handed. Algerian commentators said the visit was without an invitation and was at the request […]
The Tunisian government has been mounting pressure on local financial institutions to fund the 2022 national budget as the country struggles to land foreign loans to close the project’s $2.8 billion budget deficit. The move is revealed by Ahmed El Karm, member of the executive board of Tunisia-based independent think-tank Institut Arabe des Chefs d’Entreprises […]
Morocco has been proactive in taking action against Iran’s mischief and attempts to sow instability in West Africa. Iran saw in the instability fed by weak states and the presence of armed groups in the Sahel and West Africa a chance to gain a foothold backed by client states such as Algeria. Moroccan officials have […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on all parties to the Sahara conflict to resume the UN-led political process to reach a solution to this regional dispute. “It is time for the parties to understand the need for dialogue to reach a solution” to the Sahara issue, which has been going on for several decades, […]
As it was expected, the Arab summit, which was planned in Algeria next March, has been postponed again, deepening the regional and international isolation of the Algerian regime. It is also a clear disavowal and an embarrassment for the Algerian rulers who were counting on the event to restore their fading luster, deflect the attention […]
The International Alliance for the Defense of Human Rights and Freedoms (AIDL) has renewed its total condemnation of the recruitment and exploitation of children for military purposes in the Tindouf camps in Algeria. According to this French NGO in charge of defending human rights and public freedoms, “this is an international crime that requires international […]
Former Head of Spanish News Agency EFE, Luis María Anson, has voiced concern over Washington’s growing preference of Morocco over Spain, saying such a tendency will weaken Madrid’s regional and international influence. The U.S. administration is suspicious of the Spanish government’s rapprochement with the communist party, but also of Pedro Sánchez’s open or undeclared ties […]