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Pro-Tebboune Algerian Politician Abdelkader Bengrina Tries to Stoke Rebellion in Morocco
Rabat – For over a week, Morocco has seen nationwide protests calling for social and institutional reforms in education, healthcare, and the fight against corruption. Yet, as citizens mobilized peacefully across cities, the Algerian regime and its...

Algeria’s Ambassador to Lebanon Pays a High Price for His Attack on a Key Ally of Tebboune
A costly misstep, indeed. Algeria’s ambassador to Lebanon, Kamel Bouchama, has been dismissed from his position, an official source told TSA on Wednesday, October 1. This marks the aftermath of his surreal remarks about the world’s most powerful...

Street battles, invented languages and gigs in psychiatric hospitals: France’s lost rock revolution of 1968
The seismic shock that May 1968 had on the French way of life has been widely documented. The student protests, which erupted at the Sorbonne before spreading around the country, hastened the end of the Gaullist regime, politicised French...

Calls for GenZ protests in Algeria framed in media as Moroccan plot
Copycat calls in Algeria for youth-led demonstrations like those in neighbouring Morocco have been denounced as a Moroccan plot to destabilise the country by Algerian pro-government media. While Morocco has been gripped this week by protests...

Algeria sacks Beirut ambassador after he called Trump 'deranged'
The statements, widely seen as an embarrassment, come at a time of improving US-Algerian relations [Getty] Algeria has terminated the mission of its ambassador to Lebanon, Kamel Bouchama, days after he made remarks insulting US President Donald...

Morocco's Gen Z protests expose deadly healthcare crisis
“If you’re here to run one of us over, then you can start with me!” shouts a defiant young Moroccan protester perched on another youth's shoulders in front of a line of grim riot police. The Kingdom of Morocco has been convulsed by a week of...

Opec+ agrees another oil output hike for November
Opec+ on Sunday agreed to another output hike for November as the supergroup of oil producers continued to unwind production cuts implemented two years ago. The group, which includes Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, UAE, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria,...

Opec+ plus to raise oil production by 137,000 barrels a day
Saudi Arabia, Russia and six other members of Opec+ on Sunday decided to raise their production quotas by 137,000 barrels per day in November, as they continue to push for greater market share. "In view of a steady global economic outlook and...

Riots: Algerian Analyst Oualid Kebir Accuses Algeria of Plotting Against Morocco
Rabat – Algerian political analyst Oualid Kebir has accused Algeria’s regime of orchestrating “vile schemes” targeting Morocco’s security and stability. Kebir, who lives in Morocco, said that there is a “proven involvement’ of Algeria’s regime...

Algerian Gen Z Looking to Revive 2019 Hirak Movement
Rabat – Converging reports in Algeria are buzzing about potential youth-led demonstrations in protest of economic and political deadlock. Viral social media posts show a poster, where Gen Z from that group of young Algerian activists under the...
Health sector gains buoy life expectancy
Mkhululi Ncube-Zimpapers Reporter ZIMBABWE’S life expectancy has increased by four years to 65, with women likely to live longer than men, a development the Ministry of Health and Child Care says is a positive sign of gains being recorded by the...

Second Wave Of Flotillas Are Heading For Gaza Now
Above photo: Flotilla ship Conscience. Ann Wright. In the past three months, citizens around the world have participated in dramatic challenges to the horrific Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza with over 66,000 known dead and at least a...
Zimbabwe’s Life Expectancy Jumps to 65 as Health Sector Records Progress
Zimbabwe’s Life Expectancy Jumps to 65 as Health Sector Records Progress Zimbabwe has recorded a significant rise in life expectancy, with the average lifespan now standing at 65 years — an increase of four years since 2021. The development was...

Sudan Nashra: Sudan downplays GERD-caused floods to avoid diplomatic row | AU-led Sudanese-Sudanese meetings postponed | Military breaks aerial blockade over Fasher | Over 80 killed in military airstrikes on Nyala | Machar trial kicks off, immunity…
As Sudan grappled last week with devastating floods, its government sought to contain the crisis quietly, avoiding open confrontation with Ethiopia even as Cairo and Addis Ababa engaged in a war of words over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam...

‘Zionist Robbie Williams’ Istanbul concert canceled over safety concerns
ANKARA – British singer Robbie Williams said city authorities called off his upcoming Istanbul concert “in the interests of public safety” after anti-Israel Turkish NGOs and social media users campaigned for the event to be cancelled and protested...

‘Treated like animals, on knees, facing down’: Deported Gaza flotilla activists' shocking accounts of Israel action
Dozens of international activists deported from Israel arrived in Istanbul on Saturday with harrowing accounts of mistreatment and violence after their Gaza-bound flotilla was intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters. Activists...

Dragged by hair, forced to kiss Israel flag: Greta Thunberg 'abused' in detention
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was allegedly mistreated and forced to wear an Israeli flag during detention, according to activists who were deported to Turkey after participating in a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza. A total of 137...

Major Announcement on the First 100% Algerian Electric Vehicle, Backed by an Algerian Innovator
The project has been in the works since April 2023, driven by the CRTI and the Ministry of Higher Education, and it is now taking shape. The first Algerian electric car is firmly on its way. Minister Kamel Baddari has confirmed that the debut...

OPEC+ to raise oil output by 137,000 bpd from November
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (OPEC+) have agreed to implement a production increase of 137,000 barrels per day (bpd) starting November 2025. The decision followed a virtual meeting held on Sunday. The...

OPEC to raise oil output by 137,000 barrels per day
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, known as OPEC+, on Sunday decided to raise oil output by 137,000 barrels per day (bpd) in November, following a similar increase in October. The decision was announced...