First Independent Mena Newspaper
The Chadian army clashed with elements of Boko Haram on Monday in Bouma, a locality on Lake Chad. According to corroborated sources, the clashes lasted several hours before the army managed to repel the attackers. The assailants arrived at the early hours of Monday, in motor boats and attacked by surprise Chadian forces, who retaliated. […]
Military medical teams will take part, at the instruction of King Mohammed VI, in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, alongside their civilian counterparts. King Mohammed VI, Supreme Chief and Chief of the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR), gave his high instructions so that military medical teams join their civilian counterparts […]
Two Prime Ministers who both served under President Abdelaziz Bouteflika were sentenced to lengthy prison terms on corruption related charges in a move that aims to appease the anger of Algerian protesters ahead of unpopular elections next Thursday. Ahmed Ouyahia and Abdelmalek Sellal, close allies of Bouteflika, received 15 years in prison and $16,000 in […]
Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced his resignation after six weeks of mass protests and apparent cracks within the regime pitting the army against the President’s circle. Indeed a humiliating way for infirm Bouteflika to leave office, he who nurtured hope to die President by pressuring for a constitutional reform to enable him to exceed two terms and […]
Five top Algerian generals have been dismissed of their functions this week after they stood before justice on corruption charges, local Algerian media said. The major generals include three former heads of military regions, a former gendarmerie head and the Defense Ministry’s financial services chief, local media outlets said. They all face charges of “illicit […]
President Abdelazize Bouteflika who also doubles as the country’s Defense Minister has fired commanders of air and grounds forces amid an ongoing overhaul of the army and security top apparatus. Major-General Hassan Tafer, commander of Algeria’s ground forces was sacked on Monday and replaced by Major-General Said Shankarikha. Air Force Commander Major-General Abdul Qader al-Wannas […]
As Mauritania heads towards presidential elections next year, the regime of Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has warned the opposition to refrain from wooing the army to intervene in the country’s politics. The warning was made by Defense Minister Jallow Mamadou Bhatia Sunday at a press conference in capital Nouakchott. The opposition, Middle East Monitor reports, […]
Morocco has placed its army on high alert to repel any attempt at altering the status of the Sahara buffer zone after the Polisario announced moving the command of its militias and so called parliament to Bir Lahlou area, east of the Morocco-built security wall. Moroccan papers are speaking of the fog of war that […]
Tunisian army fired shots in the air to warn off and break up protesters calling for jobs who attempted to disrupt a gas pumping station in the southern province of Tatouine, media reports said. The protesters were camping outside the El Kamour pumping station in Tatouine province demanding more jobs and bigger share of the […]
“Can Algeria be saved?” wonders the International Policy Digest, which rang the alarm bell concerning Algeria’s explosive mix: regime opacity, ailing economy, dwindling oil revenues, widespread corruption, fragile social cohesion and lingering terrorist threat. The US political magazine points to the internal rivalry within Algeria’s military junta and its inability to reach an agreement on […]