⚫️🟡Algerians headed to the polls on Thursday in parliamentary elections overshadowed by fears of low voter turnout, rising living costs, and controversy over the exclusion of hundreds of candidates, including opposition figures and activists linked to the Hirak protest movement.
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⚫️🟡His remarks came in response to reports circulated by media outlets aligned with the Algeria-backed Polisario Front, which claimed that he was close to being appointed U.S. ambassador to the UAE and alleged that the move was linked to what they described as his "failure" to resolve several regional crises, including the Sahara dispute.
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⚫️🟡Amnesty International has accused Algeria of failing women survivors of violence by not delivering on a 22-year-old commitment to establish a nationwide network of shelters, saying only three government-run facilities have opened despite legal obligations dating back to 2004.
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