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The recent report of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on “democracy in the world” has pinned Algeria for “opaque and authoritarian functioning” of the government. Algeria is thus ranked in the category of “the most authoritarian powers in the world” Read more
The situation in Guerguarate is calm and normal, authorized sources said Sunday morning, adding that road traffic between Morocco and Mauritania, and beyond to sub-Saharan Africa, “is not disrupted in any way”. Despite the uneventful harassment by “Polisario” militias, the Read more
US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker underlined, on Thursday in Algiers, that negotiations on the Sahara issue should occur within the context of the autonomy plan. “For the United States, only political negotiations between Morocco Read more
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune returned to the North African country after spending two months in Berlin, Germany, for medical treatment after testing positive to covid-19. Tebboune appeared in a video footage during a news hour on state-run television, ENTV. The Read more
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune Sunday instructed the government to quicken the pace in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and to launch a vaccination campaign next month. “I have instructed the Prime Minister to chair, without delay, a meeting with Read more
The detachment of the Algerian army rounded Wednesday in Jijel governorate, a wanted terrorist who has joined terror groups since 1994, the defense ministry said Thursday. The terrorist, identified as Rezkane Ahcene aka Abou Dahdah according to the ministry was Read more
The Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) on Wednesday urged the Algeria-backed Polisario front to realize the geostrategic changes that swept over the world in recent years and to understand “what is possible and what is impossible” to reach a solution to Read more
U.S. president Donald Trump announced on Thursday the United States’ recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over its Sahara, dealing a hard blow to the polisario separatists and their Algerian supporters. “Morocco recognized the United States in 1777. It is thus fitting Read more
Algeria and Egypt could produce Sputnik V, Russia’s covid-19 vaccine, touted as the cheapest among other vaccines. Both countries were among 55 countries around the world that took part Wednesday in an UN-led virtual conference on the presentation of the Read more
French insurance giant AXA Group announced it has relinquished its Gulf region operations to GIC Gulf Insurance for $290 million as it moves to slim its activities. The transaction will enable GIC Gulf Insurance to take control of Axa Gulf Read more