TEBBOUNE… THE LIAR!
In yet another televised address—solemn in tone but lacking truth—Abdelmadjid Tebboune, the figurehead president of Algeria’s military regime, delivered a surreal interview riddled with falsehoods as rapid and relentless as the rhetorical bullets of a regime running on empty. At the center of this staged media spectacle: the Sahara issue. True to form, the Raïs did not disappoint. He dared to claim, with a straight face, that “over 50 countries recognize the SADR”—when in reality, fewer than twenty still maintain any ties with this dying diplomatic fiction.
A Reign of Fiction at the Top of the State
In a world where facts remain stubborn, Tebboune opts for fiction. He elevates lies to a strategy and manipulation to a method of governance. For what remains to the Algerian regime as the separatist Polisario Front crumbles on the international stage? What can be done when even historic African allies turn their backs on a cause now deemed outdated and destabilizing?
Tebboune’s answer is simple: lie. Divert attention from diplomatic collapse with imaginary numbers and self-victimizing postures. By claiming that “half of African countries” support the SADR, he speaks not only to a public conditioned by decades of propaganda but, more crucially, to the military elite who treat the Sahara as an endless political goldmine.
International Isolation and Ideological Blindness
But reality bites. Algeria has never been so isolated. Clashes with France, a rupture with Spain, frozen ties with Sahel nations, and constant embarrassment at the UN… Even within the African Union, the SADR has become a ghost no one wants to see. Heavyweights like Kenya, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Guinea-Bissau have all withdrawn their recognition of this pseudo-state.
Still, Tebboune clings on. With staggering audacity, he presents himself as a “defender of the oppressed,” grotesquely comparing the Sahrawi separatist cause to that of the Palestinian people—an unfounded and shameful analogy that even the most diehard ideologues now struggle to defend.
Double Standards and Rank Hypocrisy
What’s even more revealing is the strategic cowardice of the Algerian discourse. The United States made a historic decision recognizing Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara. Yet, curiously, Tebboune says nothing of supposed “American imperialism.” Harsh criticism is reserved for the weak. When America or France speak, Algiers remains silent or stammers. The regime’s verbal aggression scales with the size of the target: loud with the small, mute before the mighty.
A Diplomacy of Self-Delusion
Ultimately, what plays out in Algiers is less diplomacy than collective self-hypnosis. The Algerian military regime, short on allies and ideas, needs myths to survive. The SADR is one such myth. And Tebboune is no longer merely president—he’s become its official storyteller.
But the world no longer falls for fairy tales. The UN is preparing to reaffirm its support for a realistic political solution, centered on Morocco’s autonomy plan—openly backed by the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and many African nations. Even China, in its legendary caution, watches with favor as Morocco leads the way.
The End of a Mirage
Tebboune, obedient puppet of the generals, may multiply his controlled interviews and far-fetched declarations. He can talk to himself on national TV and count invisible countries. But he cannot change reality: the world has decided. The Sahara is Moroccan. Algeria stands alone. And the SADR is just another mirage in the political desert of a failed regime.
Tebboune… The Liar! That’s the headline that best captures the moral collapse of a regime that has made lies a pillar of statecraft.
By Abderrazzak Boussaid / Le7tv
