Basma El Atti

1 month ago | english.alaraby.co.uk | Basma El Atti

Today, the total number of Christians in the Maghreb region is estimated to be around 200,000 to 300,000 people, and mostly based in Algeria. In his first address as Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost reached across centuries and continents to pay tribute to a man from the North African region. "I am a child of Saint Augustine", the new pontiff said last week, drawing a line from the seat of St. Peter to the ancient city of Hippo, now Annaba, in modern-day Algeria.

1 month ago | africanewsagency.co.uk | Basma El Atti

Algeria/New Mobilisation BillBack [Published: Wednesday April 30 2025] With a new mobilisation bill, is Algeria gearing up for war? By Basma El Atti ALGIERS, 30 April. - (ANA) - Algeria is laying legal groundwork for a full-scale wartime mobilisation, with a sweeping bill that would put civilians, the economy, and institutions under direct military command.

2 months ago | newlinesmag.com | Basma El Atti

When his plane touched down at Rabat’s Sale Airport in 1972, 16-year-old Zika Hajji stepped out into the dry heat of Morocco for the first time, toward the outstretched hand of an imposing man in military uniform with high cheekbones and heavy-rimmed sunglasses. Gen. Mohamed Oufkir greeted him in Moroccan dialect, “Kidayer, labass?” (“How are you doing?”). Zika froze. He didn’t speak any Arabic.

Mar 19, 2025 | newarab.com | Basma El Atti

Israel has sent in armoured vehicles into Quneitra in yet another illegal incursion [Getty] An Israeli military force consisting of approximately 50 vehicles advanced on Tuesday evening into the village of Al-Adnaniyah in the countryside of Quneitra province, southern Syria, in a move described as the biggest incursion since the beginning of the Israeli occupation of the country's south. A resident of the area reported that the invading party included armoured vehicles and reconnaissance units.

Feb 24, 2025 | courrierinternational.com | Basma El Atti

Après des années à tenter de jouer la réconciliation, la France est déterminée à punir les autorités algériennes, coupables à ses yeux de délibérément chercher à “humilier” Paris. Motif : l’Algérie s’est opposée à l’expulsion d’un de ses ressortissants. [Le 12 janvier], le ministre de la Justice [français], Gérald Darmanin, a annoncé son intention de mettre fin à un accord permettant à la “nomenklatura algérienne” – dotée de passeports diplomatiques – de se rendre en France sans visa.