Yasmine Hasnaoui: How Algeria swindles its citizens over the Sahara
In the last five years, countries who hold a historical responsibility toward the Western Sahara marked a new departure, by...
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Algeria: election plagued by grave irregularities
The 2024 presidential election in Algeria, which was expected to unsurprisingly secure a second term for the incumbent President Abdelmadjid...
Heavy rains in Morocco and Algeria take lives, destroy homes
Unusual heavy rains have hit both Morocco and Algeria in desert areas that killed nearly two dozen people and destroyed...
Sarah Leah Whitson: The price of France’s shift on Western Sahara
On July 31, with little fanfare or attention, France formally recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara, abandoning its decades-long support...
Dalia Ghanem: What Algeria’s elections really mean for the future
On September 7, Algerians will head to the polls to elect their president. The outcome, however, is already a foregone...
Algeria: opposition figure Fethi Ghares and wife released
With Algeria’s September 7th elections just around the corner, observers in the country and around the world are watching closely...
Algeria to send oil to Lebanon for electricity crisis
Algeria will immediately begin supplying Lebanon with fuel for its power plants, Algerian state radio said in a statement on...
Algeria alleges foreign plot to sabotage upcoming election
More turbulence for Algeria’s presidential election set for September 7th as the Algerian Ministry of Defence accused “hostile foreign intelligence...
Algeria blocks deportations from France over Western Sahara
Many saw Paris as offering Morocco an olive branch by recognising its claim of sovereignty over the Western Sahara, though...
Algeria wins Africa’s first gold in asymmetric bars
More good news for the Algerian Olympic team, with boxer Imane Khelif ensured to win a silver medal, and now...
Mali troops and Russian allies fight rebels near Algerian border
The New Arab reports that Mali troops, with the help of Russian mercenaries, battled against separatist rebels near the border...
Russian Duma Speaker visits Algeria to soothe relations
On July 22nd, Russia’s State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Viktorovitch Volodin commenced his official visit to Algeria with hopes of strengthening...
Algeria: award-winning novel closes publishing house
On July 17th, Algeria’s Arabic publishing house MIM Edition announced it would be closing its doors following the controversy surrounding...
Morocco: drought devastates farmers’ livelihoods
With more than one-third of Morocco’s total cultivated area lying unused due to arid conditions, farmers see their job opportunities...
Algeria: Tebboune seeks second term as elections approach
Seeking to further entrench the power of Algeria’s political and military elite, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced on July 11th...
