Authorities in Algeria have announced that the country will not renew a gas-supply agreement with Morocco. It comes days after diplomatic relations become more fragile between the two north-african countries. The gas-supply contract with Morocco expires in October. In a meeting with the Spanish ambassador, Energy Minister Mohamed Arkab said …
Read More »Eritrean military general hit by United States sanctions
The US has announced that it has imposed sanctions on a senior Eritrean military leader for engaging in “serious human rights abuse” during the ongoing conflict in Tigray. The US Treasury has accused forces under the command of General Filipos Woldeyohannes, chief of staff of the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF), …
Read More »Covid-19: Algeria and Morocco soon on France’s red list
They are now classified as “countries where the virus is circulating quite actively with variants of concern”. Algeria and Morocco will be placed on the red list by France. The two countries were until now placed on the orange list, they were then considered as territories “where the circulation of …
Read More »North Africa: Algeria has decided to review its relations with Morocco
After an investigation into the killing of man falsely accused of starting wildfires, Algeria has decided to review its relations with Morocco, accusing its neighbour of hostile acts. “The repeated hostile acts committed by Morocco against Algeria require a review of our relations and the intensification of border controls,” the …
Read More »Morocco: firefighters tackle forest fires as situation in Algeria eases
After Tunisia, it is the turn of Morocco to be affected by wildfires. Fortunately, firefighters in Morocco were fighting to contain forest fires in the mountainous Chefchaouen region in the north. Moroccan forces on Monday posted to Twitter pictures of the attempts to put to put out the fires: عمل …
Read More »Northern Morocco also affected by wildfires after Algeria
The forests of northern Morocco are burning for the second day in a row. 200 hectares have already gone up in smoke. Fortunately, no victim is to be deplored for the time being according to the authorities. The changing winds “do not help to control the fire,” said the regional …
Read More »Six lifeless bodies of migrants found in the Tunisian desert
The bodies of two women and four children are reported to have been found in the desert in south-western Tunisia. They are understood to have been migrants from Niger, who apparently died of thirst. A sole survivor of the group had left to try to find water, but got lost, …
Read More »A journalist jailed in Algeria for covering protests
A Journalist in Algeria has been arrested for covering protests. Rabah Kareche has been sentenced to eight months in prison for his reporting on protests, his newspaper Liberte said. Mr Kareche was handed a one-year-term, with four months suspended. He has already been in prison since his arrest in April …
Read More »Diplomacy: Israel now has its embassy in Morocco
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid has officially opened his country’s diplomatic liaison office in the Moroccan capital, Rabat. Morocco broke off relations with Israel more than 20 years ago, when the second Palestinian Intifada, or uprising, erupted. But the ties were revived last year as part of a series of …
Read More »Algeria mob lynches man accused of arson
Algeria’s state prosecutor has ordered an investigation after a mob lynched a man accused of deliberately starting fires. The murder happened in the Tizi Ouzou area, which has been hardest hit as dozens of fires have raged across the country for days – killing 69 people. Video footage showed the …
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