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Eight leading human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch, have called on Algerian authorities to withdraw a proposed draft law on associations, warning that it would further erode the right to freedom of association and entrench government control over civil society. In a joint statement, the groups criticized the draft bill intended to replace the […]
In recent months, Algerian state media and pro-regime commentators have intensified their rhetoric against Morocco, using the aftermath of the 2023 High Atlas earthquake as a political tool in a failed attempt to undermine the kingdom’s international profile. The new propaganda strategy lies in contrasting Morocco’s post-quake reconstruction efforts with its advanced preparations for hosting […]
Algeria’s public finances are under mounting pressure after a dramatic drop in budget revenues in 2024, driven by falling hydrocarbon income and sluggish non-oil tax collection, according to the Bank of Algeria’s. Total budget revenues fell by 22.66% year-on-year, with hydrocarbon revenues plunging by 31.13% and non-hydrocarbon revenues declining by 13.50%, the Bank said in […]
Massad Boulos, senior adviser to US President Donald Trump on Middle Eastern and African affairs, reportedly urged Algerian authorities to reconsider their stance on the Sahara conflict during a visit to Algiers in July, according to a report by Al Hurra. The US-funded Arabic-language news outlet said Boulos pressed Algeria to either endorse Morocco’s autonomy […]
Algeria’s political and security establishment is reeling from the reported escape of Nacer El Djinn, the former head of the country’s internal intelligence agency (DGSI), amid escalating internal rivalries and a broader crisis of governance. El Djinn, dismissed in May, is believed to have fled the country aboard a clandestine patera bound for Spain, accompanied […]
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) said on Friday that Mali’s application to launch proceedings against Algeria over the downing of a Malian military drone can only move forward if Algeria consents to the court’s jurisdiction. The case stems from an incident between March 31 and April 1, when Mali accused Algeria of deliberately shooting […]
When there is only one offer on the UN negotiating table, there is one way to go. This is true for the Algerian regime, the main stakeholder in the Sahara conflict. It is urged to negotiate peace terms on the basis of Morocco’s autonomy plan offered for the Sahara or face international sanctions. As the […]
As Pope Léon XIV prepares to honor the martyrs of the 21st century in a solemn ecumenical ceremony, French paper Le Journal du Dimanche highlights a community suffering in near silence: the Christians of Kabylie, a region in northern Algeria where religious and political repression intersect. While global attention often focuses on persecuted Christians in […]
During the 60th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, multiple NGOs and human rights defenders exposed grave violations committed by the Polisario militias in the Tindouf camps on Algerian territory. These abuses, reportedly carried out with the complicity of the host country, Algeria, were described as systematic and widespread, particularly targeting women […]
The hypocrite Algerian regime has always said it does not recognize Israel and stands with “Palestine either oppressed or oppressor”, lashing out vehemently at Arab countries which have normalized relations with Israel within the frame of the Abraham accords brokered by Washington. Yet, Algiers has made a sudden U-turn over the weekend at the UN […]