First Independent Mena Newspaper
Malian authorities have arrested lately dozens of soldiers accused of plotting to topple the country’s military leaders amid alarming reports that Tuareg rebels supported by Algeria are gaining ground in the north. According to press reports, about 50 soldiers and senior officers including General Abass Dembele, the former governor of the Mopti region, have been […]
The Algerian military regime, de facto ruler, is using an array of tactics to maintain its grip on decades-long power. Its strategy consists of bringing and fueling chaos, divisions, separatism and conflicts to perpetuate its illegitimate and oppressive ruling. To muzzle political opponents and pro-democracy militants, the Algerian authorities resort to foreign conspiracy rhetoric and […]
As Mali’s transitional President Gen. Assimi Goita has reaffirmed lately his determination to continue the fight against terrorism, calls are mounting against the Algerian regime’s subversive activities seeking to undermine the stability and security of the Sahel region. According to some foreign intelligence reports, the Tuareg factions close to radical Imam Mahmoud Dicko, supported by […]
The Algerian regime has blocked all attempts to bring closer the peoples of the Maghreb, former Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki said. Algeria has stood against all Maghreb integration initiatives, Marzouki, who led Tunisia from 2011 to 2014, said in a recent interview. While in office, Marzouki has tried to bring the two Maghreban heavy weights, […]
The delusional and autocratic Algerian regime has suffered in New York its worst ever diplomatic setback at the UN Security Council over the Sahara issue. Serving as a non-permanent member at the Security Council for a limited period, the reckless Algerian rulers, who are suffering from delusions of grandeur, thought their country has become a […]
The United States has demanded the Algerian regime to change its behavior in the region during the meeting held lately in New York between U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs John Bass and Algerian foreign minister Ahmed Attaf. According to a diplomatic source at the U.S. State Department cited by press reports, the meeting, which […]
Morocco and Egypt have confirmed the strength of their relationship, dealing a hard blow to the ruling junta in Algiers which has tried to no avail to sow trouble in the Moroccan-Egyptian relations following the signing of military cooperation agreement between Rabat and Addis Ababa. The meeting held Tuesday in Cairo between Moroccan Foreign minister […]
The bumbling Algerian regime continues to embarrass itself and lose credibility by trying to deceive the regional and international community with its old dirty games and political machinations which are no longer working. The latest fumble and slap in the face of the reckless Algerian rulers came from Libya’s Presidential Council which belied Algerian President […]
The U.S. administration has underscored its strong support for the principled stand taken by ECOWAS in defense of democracy and constitutional order in Niger. Washington voiced its firm stand in a telephone conversation U.S. Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Molly Phee had Thursday with Algerian Foreign Minister Attaf as the ruling junta started maneuvering against […]
Italy said on July 5 it backs Morocco’s “serious and credible efforts” to find a lasting solution to the regional dispute over the Sahara territory. The position was expressed by Italy’s foreign ministry during a visit to Rome by Morocco’s foreign minister Nasser Bourita. The Italian clear-cut position in support of a solution on the […]