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Algeria: Scores of political prisoners released from prison
Algerian regime releases prominent political prisoners, seeks to ease public pressure
Well-known independence war veteran Lakhdar Bouregaa, was released from jail on 2 January 2020. He had been detained for six months for questioning the army's intentions and criticizing the late army chief Gaid Salah, but was set free even before his trial, as the...
The southern Mediterranean braces for war
Libya has long been a battleground pitting several regional powers against one another. That competition for influence and control of energy resources, is about to get even more intense. While warlord Haftar has been receiving virtually unlimited support from the...
Algeria frees prominent war veteran Lakhdar Bouregaa
Algiers, Jan 2, 2020 (AFP) - Algeria released on Thursday well-known independence war veteran Lakhdar Bouregaa, who was detained last June for allegedly insulting the army, one of his lawyers told AFP. "His trial, which was due to start this (Thursday) morning, has...
Algeria: While new Prime Minister speaks of restoring “confidence,” regime continues to repress
Algiers, Dec 27, 2019 - The director of an Algerian internet radio station has been placed in pre-trial detention after a new charges were pressed against him, a prisoners' rights group said Friday. Sarbacane chief Abdelkrim Zeghileche was put in pre-trial detention...
Algeria: New prime minister with academic credentials hired to perform miracles
Algiers, Dec 28, 2019 - Algeria's new president on Saturday named as his prime minister an academic turned political insider who vowed to work to win back people's trust after months of street protests. Abdelmadjid Tebboune, elected this month to succeed ousted...
Algeria: Hirak anti-regime movement continues for 45th week
Algiers, Dec 27, 2019 - Tens of thousands of Algerians demonstrated Friday for the second consecutive week since the contentious election of a new president, insisting on a total revamp of the political establishment. Since February 22, the streets of the capital...
Algeria: Death of a tyrant and a country facing uncertainty
Opinion by Arezki Daoud | Even Hollywood could not have come up with such a dramatic script. The head of the Algeria military junta is dead after 15 years as Defense Chief of Staff and nearly a year as the country's undeclared, but real dictator. Over the past few...
Regime in Algeria faces insurmountable wall, population rejects presidential appointee
Algiers, Dec 20, 2019 - Algerian demonstrators on Friday rejected a call for dialogue by the country's new president, insisting on a month-long protest movement's demands for sweeping reforms in the North African country. Huge crowds flooded the streets of Algiers on...
Algeria: Tebboune sworn in as president, faces insurmountable challenges
Algiers, Dec 19, 2019 - Establishment insider Abdelmadjid Tebboune was sworn in Thursday as Algeria's new president, a week after winning elections marred by mass protests and record abstention. He succeeds veteran leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who was forced out in...
Algerians back to the street, reject dialogue with new President Tebboune
Algiers, Dec 17, 2019 - Students, teachers and other demonstrators rallied in their thousands in Algeria's capital Tuesday against the newly elected president, rejecting his offer of dialogue with a months-old protest movement. Abdelmadjid Tebboune won 58.1 percent of...
Algeria: With its Algeria venture CEO in prison over alleged corruption, Volkswagen suspends production in Algeria
Carmaker Volkswagen has suspended production in Algeria, where the head of its local partner has been detained since June in a corruption probe, a spokesman for the German auto giant said. "Volkswagen is aware of a corruption investigation by Algerian authorities...
Algeria: Despite major voter boycott, military regime imposes former PM Tebboune as president
[email_link] Algiers, Dec 13, 2019 - Abdelmadjid Tebboune, declared victor on Friday in Algeria's unpopular presidential election, has spent decades at the heart of the country's establishment including a brief stint as prime minister. Aged 74 and a senior member of...
Violent election in Algeria, troubled outlook
Algiers, Dec 12, 2019 - Algeria held a tense presidential election Thursday meant to bring stability after a year of turmoil, but voting was marred as protesters stormed polling stations and staged a mass rally in the capital. The unpopular vote comes almost 10 months...
Algeria: Ongoing rallies expose failure of the Algerian regime’s election drive
Hundreds of thousands of people, including large numbers of students demonstrated on Tuesday, Dec.10 in Algiers and across the country to reiterate their rejection of an election being forced by the military high command. This was the 42nd consecutive week of rallies...
Algeria: Former officials sentences to jail, protesters unmoved as battle against military regime rages
Algiers, Dec 10, 2019 - An Algerian court sentenced two former prime ministers to long jail terms Tuesday in the first of a series of high-profile corruption trials launched after longtime president Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned in the face of mass protests in April....
Algerian diaspora rejects presidential election, observers report empty poling stations
The Algerian diaspora was supposed to vote this past weekend. But in Western nations, Algerian diplomatic missions used by the military command to force an election, have faced unprecedented backlash. In Paris, the consulate general has been under pressure since...
Algerian regime increases attacks on pro-democracy activists and opponents over the Internet
Dec 8, 2019, By Salsabil Chellali: Social networks set alight the months-long protest movement against Algeria's establishment, but as a contentious presidential poll looms, bots and trolls are staging an online comeback to bolster the regime. The protests which...
Algeria: Crunch time for the Algerian military rulers, disaster looms, says MEA Risk LLC
Analysts at MEA Risk LLC have looked at the situation in Algeria and see no positive outcome from next week's presidential elections. The peaceful demeanor of the anti-regime movement has disoriented the ruling military elite, headed by General Gaid Salah, despite the...
Human Rights Watch decries the violence of the Algerian government
Algerian authorities are cracking down on the protest movement known as “the Hirak,” which opposes holding the presidential elections scheduled for December 12, 2019, arresting hundreds of activists and imprisoning scores for protests or waving flags, Human Rights...
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