Hichem Aboud

He was hoping to turn his New York trip into a success story, to make people forget his recent failures at the BRICS and in the mediations between Russia and Ukraine and in the Niger crisis. Unfortunately for him, this was not to be. It was a big flop.

What should have been seen as a diplomatic feat, after the numerous setbacks it has suffered on the international stage, has gone awry, causing hilarity and outrage. The Algerian president's speech from the UN rostrum during the 78th session of the General Assembly is a black mark against the country

In a previous issue, we reported on the appointment of Mohammed Laagab, a friend of President Tebboune's, to the post of Minister of Communication, a man who has set out to mobilise the national media in support of a hypothetical second presidential term for Abdelmadjid Tebboune

Two and a half months after Mohammed Bouslimani was summarily dismissed in the middle of the night of 20 June, the Ministry of Communication finally has a new head: Mohamed Laagab, a close friend of President Tebboune

U.S. Ambassador Elizabeth Moore Aubin once again invited herself to meet President Tebboune. Tebboune took the opportunity to ask for a meeting with White House tenant Joe Biden, on the occasion of his forthcoming trip to the USA to attend the UN General Assembly in New York

In the space of a month, two generals have breathed their last between the bars of the Blida military prison. After Major General Chouaki, who died of cardiac arrest, according to the prison administration, Major General Hadj Djamel Laroussi died in conflicting circumstances

In an unprecedented move, on Wednesday 6 September the head of the notorious US Central Intelligence Agency took the initiative of calling the Algerian army's Chief of Staff. This telephone call raised many questions among political observers

After four days of silence, the Algerian authorities have finally reacted officially in a communiqué from the Ministry of Defense

Two young Franco-Moroccan yachtsmen shot dead by Algerian coast guards after drifting in Algerian territorial waters

The referral of retired general Khaled Nezzar to the Swiss Federal Criminal Court has stirred up many memories of the civil war that ravaged Algeria in the 1990s. Among other memories, the murder of the monks of Tibhirine has resurfaced

After 12 years of investigations and delays, the Swiss justice system has referred former Algerian defence minister Major General Khaled Nezzar to the Federal Criminal Court for crimes against humanity in the 1990s

Not only has the Algerian regime suffered a stinging setback by being refused its country's membership in the BRICS organization, but it is the scandal of the US $ 1.5 billion that is causing Algerian public opinion to react through social networks