Algeria : Former Islamist party leader criticizes country's position on the Sahara

In Algeria, few voices dare to criticize the official position on the Western Sahara conflict. In 2015, Amar Saidani had dared to express his disagreement, another political leader is following suit today.

Algeria's Islamist party calls for the reopening of Moroccan-Algerian borders

The president of the Movement for the Society of Peace (MSP) the biggest Islamist party in Algeria, Abderrazak Makri, said on Wednesday that the Western Sahara issue should not affect relations between Algeria and Morocco, considering the closure of borders separating the two neighboring countries as a huge «mistake that should be corrected».