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Immigration: Spain faces spike in migrant arrivals
Madrid, Feb 4, 2020 - The number of migrants reaching the Canaries soared last month to 18 times the level of a year ago, Spanish government figures showed on Tuesday. The spike has raised fears of a resurgence of migrant traffic to the Atlantic islands, a route taken...
Algeria: Bus accident in Souk Ahras kills seven people
At least seven people were killed and 25 injured on Tuesday in Algeria's second bus crash in a fortnight, a day after authorities unveiled new road safety measures. The bus service from the eastern town of Souk Ahras to the nearby city of Annaba overturned not long...
Analysis: Northern half of Africa bracing for upheaval this year
MEA Risk LLC - 29 January 2020: There has been a dangerous escalation of security risks and instability in the Maghreb and Sahel region since the start of 2020. War looks set to intensify in countries like Libya, Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso, Mali and others in the...
Algeria intensifies harassment of religious minorities
After a two month lull, following heavy criticism on the forced closure of Christian churches in the Kabylie region, the authorities in Algeria resumed their repression against Christians this week, ordering the closure of two other Protestant churches in the province...
Algeria: Fighter jet crashes in Oum El Bouaghi during training
Algiers, Jan 28, 2020 - An Algerian fighter jet has crashed on a night training exercise in the east of the North African country killing both of its crew, the defence ministry said Tuesday. An investigation has been opened into why the Russian-built Sukhoi Su-30...
Algeria: Unrest in El Oued after deadly accident in Still
Political crisis took center-stage in Algeria’s 2019 security profile, says MEA Risk LLC
In a note addressed to its clients, advisory firm MEA Risk LLC said the apparent easing in political tension in Algeria is not evidence of a return to normal and the end of the anti-regime protest movement. The appointment of Tebboune as president after a massively...
Algeria: Dozen killed in bus collision in Biskra
Algiers, Jan 19, 2020 - Twelve people were killed and another 46 injured when two buses collided early Sunday in Algeria's northeast, emergency services said, in the latest tragedy of its kind in the North African country. Emergency teams arrived at "around 1:10 am...
Podcast: Algeria risk assessment: the intersection of business and political corruption
In this episode, Arezki Daoud of risk assessment firm MEA Risk LLC and editor of the North Africa Journal, looks at the intersection of business corruption and political corruption in Algeria. Listen on major podcast platforms: Spotify | TuneIn | iTunes | Android |...
Algeria: Two outgoing ministers under investigation for corruption
Algeria: A new government cabinet that fails to impress
Newly appointed president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced his first government cabinet, which comprises 39 members, including five women, seven Deputy Ministers and four Secretaries of State. The appointments fail to introduce sweeping changes and have disappointed...
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...
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