France plans to amend the 1968 Algeria migration agreement, potentially ending long-standing privileges and affecting hundreds of thousands of residents.

After decades of deadlock, the United States brought together Morocco, Algeria, and the Polisario Front in Madrid for unprecedented talks aimed at advancing Morocco’s autonomy proposal for Western Sahara.

The Trump administration is pushing to resolve the Western Sahara conflict through Morocco’s autonomy plan, amid tentative Algerian engagement and Polisario insistence on a referendum.

A wave of anger swept Tunisian politicians and human rights advocates after Algeria’s president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, and his government handed opposition MP and lawyer Seifeddine Makhlouf over to the regime of President Kais Saied.

The Algerian presidency has launched a scathing verbal attack on the country’s leading Islamist party, sparking questions about the motives behind the criticism and its ties to the municipal and parliamentary elections set for mid-2026.