Algeria: almost 100 public figures call for release of French sportswriter
Around 100 public figures, including actors, journalists and singers, have called for the release of French sportswriter, Christophe Gleizes, who...
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Polisario Front’s rhetoric falls flat in Tindouf refugee camps
The Polisario Front’s rhetoric about a “Moroccan occupier” no longer resonates in the Tindouf camps, as reported by Yabiladi on...
Nigerian singer, Burna Boy, apologizes for comments about Afrobeats
Burna Boy has apologized for comments he made in 2023, distancing himself from the Afrobeats genre, as reported by the...
Nigeria’s former president, Muhammadu Buhari, dies at 82
Muhammadu Buhari, soldier, politician, and former president of Nigeria, has died in a London hospital at age 82, as reported...
French singer Amel Bent proudly claims Algerian nationality
French singer, Amel Bent announced she had officially claimed her Algerian nationality, as reported by Afrik News on July 8th....
French-Algerian arrested in Marrakesh under Interpol orders
On July 8th, Marrakesh police arrested a French national of Algerian origin, following an Interpol notice issued by French judicial...
Senegal: freedom of expression undermined by myriad arrests
Prosecuted on the basis of controversial articles of the penal code, several Senegalese personalities have recently been summoned by the...
Hydrocarbons in Algeria: contract signed between Sonatrach and ENI
As reported by Le Monde on July 8th, the Algerian-owned oil company, Sonatrach, and the Italian group, ENI have just...
Mauritania unsettled by Polisario militias at the Algerian border
A recent report has raised concerns over the militarization in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps in southwestern Algeria, according to the...
Chad’s opposition leader appeals to Macron following arrest
Chad’s former Prime Minister and opposition leader, Succès Masra, has appealed to French President Emmanuel Macron for support after spending...
US diplomat calls for self-determination referendum in Western Sahara
US diplomat and former national security advisor, John Bolton reiterated his conviction that a self-determination referendum in Western Sahara remains...
104 Nigerians repatriated from Algeria as part of voluntary returns initiative
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed the arrival of 104 Nigerians repatriated from Algeria, as reported by The...
Algerian football star arrested at Paris airport after in-flight altercation
Algerian footballer, Youcef BelaĂŻli was briefly detained at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport following an incident on board his flight,...
Writer Boualem Sansal’s fate hangs on a pardon after sentence upheld in Algeria
Seven and a half months after his arrest in Algiers, the French-Algerian writer, Boualem Sansal, has been sentenced to five...
Algeria and Morocco with highest EU deportation orders in Eurostat report
Figures published by the EU’s official statistics agency, Eurostat, reveal a rise in issued leave orders for third-country nationals in...
