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Algeria-Morocco: Diplomatic tension over Moroccan diplomat’s support of Kabyle autonomy
Algeria recalled its ambassador in Morocco for consultations on Sunday as a new diplomatic spat broke out between the regional arch-rivals. The move came after Morocco's envoy to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, expressed support for self-determination for Algeria's...
Algerian Sahara: Unemployment and poverty riots erupt around Algeria’s southern oil and gas hubs
There has been escalating unrest in several localities in the northeast Algerian Sahara. The oil hubs of Ouargla, Hassi Messaoud, El Menea and Touggourt have been the most affected by riots of unemployed youths for about one week. Young protesters released their...
Algerian regime jails pro-democracy figure Laalami for two years
An Algerian court on Sunday jailed for two years Chems Eddine Laalami, a leading figure from the pro-democracy Hirak protest movement, a rights group said. Also known as Brahim, 30-year-old Laalami was arrested in late June by the Algerian coastguard as he attempted...
Covid-19: Algeria is confronting a more virulent third wave
The North Africa Journal - Daily confirmed positive cases in Algeria rose sharply on Wednesday, 7 July, crossing the 500-case mark for the first time in weeks, according to the unreliable statistics of the health ministry. It said 585 new cases have been recorded in...
Migrants: The deadly waters of the Western Mediterranean
Spiking sea crossings on makeshift boats lead to increase of undocumented Algerian migrants arriving in Spain and others drowning at sea The North Africa Journal - In just a few days, more than 1,100 Algerian undocumented migrants known in Algeria as Harragas have...
Algeria: Regime reinforces its powers with government of continuity and a Bouteflika-era foreign minister
[Photo of Ramtane Lamamra, former FM of Bouteflika regime] - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune unveiled a new government Wednesday after June parliamentary elections, but with few changes in top positions, according to a statement. While foreign minister Sabri...
Algeria: Forest fires, food poisoning, and polluted beaches underscore mediocrity of Algerian regime
200 people admitted in hospitals after bathing in polluted beach Nearly 200 people were hospitalised briefly after swimming on Sunday in seawater suspected to have been polluted at Tenes in northwestern Algeria, local authorities and media said. Three beaches and a...
Algeria arrests opposition figure Fethi Ghares
Algerian authorities arrested the head of an opposition party for allegedly insulting President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and other charges, his wife and rights groups said on Thursday. Fethi Ghares, 47, coordinator for the small leftist Democratic and Social Movement...
Algerian regime maintains dominance over national assembly
Algeria's incumbent National Liberation Front (FLN) won the most seats in legislative elections held earlier this month that saw record levels of abstention, final results announced late Wednesday showed. Once the only party allowed, the FLN secured 98 of the...
Algeria: Human rights activist Fatiha Briki arrested by Algerian police
Algerian human rights activist Fatiha Briki has been detained by authorities and no official reason has been given for her arrest, her family and a prisoners' rights group said Monday. Briki, a retired university teacher and a member of prisoners' rights group CNLD,...
Algeria’s legislative elections: from a laughable joke to an embarrassing derision
The most most hated political party in Algeria, the FLN, “wins” assembly elections Algeria's National Liberation Front (FLN) party won weekend parliamentary elections with a significantly reduced number of seats and with the country's lowest ever turnout at 23...
Morocco: Military drills led by US underway, 30 miles from Algeria’s Tindouf border
Quiet on the media front After reading the AFP dispatch, I spent some time searching for a US Africom press release or statement of sort, and to my surprise not much can be found. No big text, no photos, no video, except for the content that was published months ago...
Algeria: Now that the fake elections are over, time to pick a rubber-stamping Prime Minister
And now what? By Arezki Daoud: President Tebboune has had his election and it turned out to be a disaster. The man was warned by his own political police not to run at this stage, as the people were not ready. They begged him to postpone it, or else the country’s...
Algeria: President’s interviews with foreign media backfire with factual errors and alarming statements
By Redouane Benmehdi The Algerian presidency launched this week a campaign to communicate with global community and a foreign audience meant to embellish its image. Two interviews given by president Tebboune to French magazine Le Point and Qatar’s Al Jazeera. The...
Algeria: Police arrest journalists and opposition figures ahead of sham elections
Algeria to elect parliament amid protest movement boycott By Philippe Agret Algeria holds a parliamentary election Saturday under the shadow of a protest movement boycott and deep scepticism the North African nation can escape political paralysis and worsening...
Niger: Bandits ambush and kill policemen in Agadez
Three Nigerien policemen and a gendarme were killed overnight Wednesday when their patrol was ambushed on the border with Algeria, local sources said. The men were "killed by bandits near Assamaka", a desert town hosting a security post near Niger's northern border...
Algerians shun subdued campaigning ahead of legislative elections
Algeria Political Outlook Algeria is organizing its third elections since late 2019 with the population continuing to reject the political roadmap of President Tebboune and the military establishment. With most secular parties rejecting and boycotting the elections,...
US offers cash rewards to locate Al-Qaeda’s Al-Annabi
The US State Department posted a $7 million reward Wednesday for information leading to the location or identification of Abu Ubaydah Youssef Al-Annabi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). The department said Anabi was declared the emir of the...
Western Sahara: Polisario chief leaves Spain to Algeria
The leader of Western Sahara's independence movement, whose presence at a Spanish hospital sparked a diplomatic row with Rabat, left Spain overnight and flew to Algeria, a government source said Wednesday. He's "in Algeria," the source told AFP. Late on Tuesday,...
Maghreb: Tension likely to rise in Maghreb after Morocco announced US military exercises to take place in Western Sahara
Morocco's prime minister has said that US-led multi-nation African military exercises this month would take place in the disputed desert region of Western Sahara. Last year, under former US president Donald Trump, Washington recognised Moroccan sovereignty over...
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