Cheb Khaled , the king of raï music and a global icon for over 40 years, is said to be the target of a boycott campaign in his country of origin, Algeria. Is this a punishment for the singer known for his pro-Morocco positions, of which he has held the nationality for many years?
The flow of Algerian gas to Spain has not been interrupted "at any time", assures the Spanish company Enagás, after the Algerian company Sonatrach announced on Sunday the reduction of the flow due to an incident "on the Spanish side" of the Medgaz, the gas pipeline that connects the two countries.
The Professional Association of Banks and Financial Institutions (ABEF) of Algeria specified in a note published on Saturday that the suspension of foreign trade operations of goods and services to and from Spain does not affect goods domiciled or issued before June 9, the date of entry into force of the measure.
Algeria has stopped supplying gas to Spain due to an incident on the Spanish side of the Medgaz, the gas pipeline that connects the two countries.
Early Tuesday morning, July 19, police elements at the port of Beni N’sar in Nador arrested two Algerian nationals for their alleged involvement in a case of theft and international car smuggling.
After accusing Morocco of being behind his departure from the United Nations Mission for the Organization of a Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) in 2017, American diplomat Christopher Ross is back on the attack. He has always supported the Polisario, Algeria’s protégé, against the kingdom.
The border police services arrested, at the Mohammed V airport in Casablanca, a Belgian of Algerian origin, a drug criminal from Antwerp under five international arrest warrants issued by the Belgian authorities.
To gradually free itself from Algerian gas, Spain is turning to American gas for its supply . In the first half of the year, American gas imports were up 34.4%, while those from Algeria fell by 41.11% compared to the same period last year.
Algeria is increasingly determined not to reconcile with its western neighbor, Morocco. This is evidenced by the latest decision banning academic ties with the kingdom.
Toufik Hakkar, CEO of the Sonatrach oil group, assures that no Algerian gas exported to Spain has been transferred to Morocco.
Morocco received the first gas deliveries from Spain via the Maghreb-Europe pipeline in the reverse direction on Tuesday. This liquefied natural gas (LNG), transformed in the regasification plants in Spain before being sent to Morocco, comes from the United States.
The publication of a photo of the Moroccan football team instead of that of the Algerian team has cost the director of an Algerian government newspaper dearly. The latter was simply dismissed.