First Independent Mena Newspaper
The Socialist Forces Front (FFS), the oldest opposition party in Algeria, has denounced “the systematic recourse to security management of state affairs”. The party has voiced “serious concern” over the “return of arbitrary arrests”, saying the systematic recourse to the security management of state affairs aims to “crush popular aspirations to freedom, dignity and social […]
King Mohammed VI has sent a message of condolences and compassion to the Algerian Head of State following the demise of the former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika. In his message, King Mohammed VI said he learned the news of the death of Bouteflika with “deep sorrow and deep emotion,” and expressed in these painful circumstances to […]
With the announcement of the killing by French forces of the most wanted terrorist in West Africa Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, the international media established the link with the Polisario, underlining the proven collusion between this group of mercenaries and terrorism in the Sahel. Recalling the jihadist operations carried out by Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, the […]
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an American NGO which defends press freedom, has called on Algerian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release reporter Mohamed Mouloudj and ensure that members of the press can work in the country without fear of imprisonment. Mouloudj, who works for local independent newspaper Liberté, is charged with “spreading false […]
The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, began, on Tuesday, consultations with members of the Security Council, in order to appoint Italian-Swedish diplomat Staffan de Mistura as his Personal Envoy for the Moroccan Sahara, MAP correspondent in New York learned from diplomatic sources. The information was confirmed to MAP by Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the UN […]
The Algerian army is planning to flex its military muscles during a large-scale parade it will conduct in the capital city on 1st Nov. 2021 with eye on Morocco. This year’s show will be the first of its kind since the military parade organized in 1989 under the presidency of Colonel Chadli Benjedid. The provocative […]
Moroccans and the region woke up Sunday to the abhorrent news of a cowardice ambush that took the lives of two Moroccan truck drivers and injured another in Mali on the way to the capital. The attack was perpetrated 300 kilometers away from Bamako by gunmen who escaped without stealing any goods from the Moroccan […]
The surge in inflation led to the erosion of the purchasing power of Algerians in a country suffering a shortage in foodstuff, medicine, and water. The salaries of 2010 lost half their value today amid a steep rise in prices of main grains and foodstuff, TSA and other Algerian media said. The situation has deteriorated […]
Algeria’s decision to break off diplomatic relations with Morocco is a desperate reckless act of a dying regime, says Hubert Seillan, Head of France-Morocco Foundation and member of the International Platform Moroccan Sahara. Commenting on the Algerian unilateral, irresponsible action, Mr. Seillan says the move has not had the expected impact and failed to grab […]
The recognition by the United States of Morocco’s full sovereignty over its entire Sahara territory dealt a hard blow to the Algerian regime, writes French language magazine “Jeune Afrique”. In a story published Tuesday, the pan-African weekly says the Algerian rulers know well that they suffered a serious political & diplomatic setback with the historical […]