The date of October 15, 2025, represents a double symbol for Twala. The first is a return to publishing following a 15-day suspension. The second is the fifth anniversary of the creation of our news outlet. Put together, these two images express the fragility and the persistence of a project born out of a conviction: to inform freely in an environment that makes that freedom each day a little bit more difficult to attain.

Since its launch, Twala has overcome many challenges. Five years ago, when our website was a few weeks old, we suffered a 72-hour censorship by mobile network operators – an attempt to silence a new voice among the Algerian media landscape.

Later on, our trade register was blocked for two months and a half, following an administrative abuse of power. We had to take legal action to have our lawful right to exist acknowledged.

Our team also faced the hardest human ordeal: the unjust imprisonment of one of our founding members for eight months, a hardship that left a lasting mark on our group,  without ever breaking it.

Lastly, the recent suspension of our outlet, at the exact moment when our audience numbers had regained their momentum, interrupted a dynamic that was carefully built by our journalists, technicians and contributors.

Still, we resume our work today with the same determination as ever. Despite a political and economic environment that is often hostile to independent media, Twala remains faithful to its mission: to inform our readership without yielding to discouragement nor to complacency.

We would like to sincerely thank our readers who, during this period of forced silence, chose to take out a subscription or to consult our archives in solidarity. Your support is the proof that a newspaper lives first and foremost thanks to the trust placed in it by those it informs.

In this new stage, we make a clear choice: to better inform instead of publishing more. Our resources are diminished, but they will be focused on subjects that truly shed light on society, economy, culture and public-interest issues.

We will, on the other hand, reduce the volume of publications related to government activity and the treatment of official statements – a content we used to provide in the name of public service mission, but which failed to meet the demand and expectations of our readers. This kind of content remains accessible elsewhere; our duty is to provide what others do not, or cannot, publish.

Five years after its creation, Twala has never ceased to be what it wanted to be: a free, lucid and responsible media outlet. We resume our work with humility, confidence and the commitment to continue earning your readership.