First Independent Mena Newspaper
Denouncing “a dirty political game” by Bamako, Denmark announced on Thursday the repatriation of its hundred or so soldiers deployed in Mali as the Malian junta had insisted, a new blow to the French-led European anti-jihadist force. “The generals in power have sent a clear message that Denmark is not welcome in Mali. We do […]
A helicopter belonging to the Tunisian army crashed Tuesday during a night drill, causing the death of three soldiers on board, the ministry of Defense has said. Mohamed Zekri, spokesman for the ministry told state-run TAP news agency, the crash occurred in El Hamma, governorate of Gabès. Zekri also indicated that a military technical team […]
The monthly “El Djeich” magazine, the mouthpiece of the Algerian ruling military junta, joined other authorities to adamantly designate Morocco and Israel as responsible for the forest fires which ravaged Kabylie. The delirium and ridicule of Algerian generals is now casting a shadow over the North Korean regime’s, analysts ironize. In the editorial of its […]
As civilian and peaceful pro-democracy hirak protest gain traction, Algeria’s fire fighters joined the wave of dissent and resentment against an inefficient government that acts as a curtain for a corrupt military regime holding the country with an iron fist. Hundreds of firefighters in their uniform took to the street to demand better wages and […]
Algeria’s aged military commanders- ruling behind a civilian curtain- have lost all senses in their desperate bid to portray Morocco as an enemy in order to gain popularity among a disenchanted youthful Algerian population keen to see a civilian state and an end to military rule. In its latest diatribe or statement, the defense ministry […]
Algeria is at the mercy of an internal war between its president Abbdelmadjid Tebboune and the army which had backed the ascension to power of the 75-year old man, currently in Germany for medical treatment. Abdelmadjid Tebboune is unpopular in Algeria and is considered an illegitimate president appointed by the military. His illegitimacy was […]
The Moroccan Royal Armed Forces (FAR) have completed the setting up of a first field hospital in Benslimane (near Casablanca) to support the country’s response to the Coronavirus, which has so far killed 40 people in the country, infected 676 while 29 others recovered. According to the local Medi1 TV station, the field hospital was […]
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 […]