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Algeria: Military command plays its last card, political crisis reaching its climax
By Arezki Daoud - 1 October 2019: This is make-or-break moment for Algerian military chief General Ahmed Gaid Salah and the few generals left standing around him. After eliminating the visible figures of those considered as their political foes, culminating with a...
Algeria: Military court sentences former political and intelligence chiefs after only a one-day trial
Algiers, Sept 25, 2019 (AFP) - An Algerian military court has sentenced the brother of former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika and three co-defendants to 15 years in prison, the state APS news agency reported on Wednesday. Said Bouteflika, widely seen as the real power...
Algeria: The rise and fall of a criminal- Head of disgraced FLN party, Mohamed Djemai is now in jail
Mohamed Djemai, the recently imposed head of the disgraced nationalist party FLN, and member of parliament representing the northeastern region of Tebessa had grandiose goals. He was propelled to head the country’s most powerful party, albeit the most hated one too,...
Algeria: Frightened of popular revolt, military junta chief Gaid Salah bans access to Algiers
By Amal Belalloufi - Algeria's military has ordered police to block protesters from outside the capital entering Algiers, the army chief said Wednesday, taking a tougher line after months of mass anti-regime rallies and ahead of December elections to fill a...
Algeria: Military junta arrests opposition activist Fodil Boumala
Algiers, Sept 19, 2019 - An Algerian court on Thursday ordered the pre-trial detention of a leading figure in protests that have gripped Algeria for nearly seven months, one of his lawyers said. Former state TV journalist Fodil Boumala was arrested on Wednesday...
Algerians respond to military junta: thanks but no election!
Algiers, Sept 17, 2019 - Protesters massed in the Algerian capital on Tuesday to demand the cancellation of a controversial presidential election planned for December 12. Interim leader Abdelkader Bensalah announced the poll on Monday in a bid to resolve the political...
Algerian regime challenges pro-democracy movement, announces election date
Algiers, Sept 15, 2019 - Algeria is to hold a presidential election on December 12, five months into a political vacuum since longtime leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned in the face of mass protests, his interim successor announced Sunday. "I have decided... that...
Algeria: Military kidnaps popular opposition figure Karim Tabou, says he “demoralizes the army”
Opposition leader Karim Tabou was forcefully taken away on Wednesday, 11 September in early afternoon by unidentified plainclothes agents near his home in Algiers. His family said one of the men pledged he will be released within two hours. It turned out he is now...
Algeria: Justice administration wants immunity of notorious member of parliament Tliba lifted
Baha Eddine Tliba, the billionaire member of the Algerian parliament representing the eastern city of Annaba appears to be on the radar screen of the Ministry of Justice. The latter officially asked on Monday the Algerian parliament to lift the parliamentary immunity...
Thousands of Aigle Azur passengers stranded as Air France makes offer to acquire collapsed airline
Sept 9, 2019 - French flag carrier Air France on Monday offered to snap up its much smaller rival Aigle Azur after the airline's collapse stranded thousands of passengers mainly booked on flights to and from Algeria. Aigle Zur, which employs almost 1,200 staff, filed...
Algeria: Purge in the military could undermine Algeria’s defensive effectiveness
Mass arrests have taken place in the ranks of the Algerian military in recent weeks, reliable sources said. Senior and high-ranking officers have been incarcerated at the Blida military prison for their alleged involvement in various criminal cases. At least 120...
Algeria: Amid row with army chief Gaid Salah, interim President’s absence from the presidency heightens speculations about his health
The fate of the Interim President Abdelkader Bensalah is sparking all sorts of speculation considering the ongoing row that has emerged between him and military chief General Gaid Salah. All initiatives launched by Bensalah aimed at bringing an end the current...
Algeria: With the deepening political crisis, here’s the most likely roadmap in the mind of army chief Gaid Salah
The chief of the Algerian military command, General Gaid Salah, has been the biggest opponent of a transition period. The presence and the work of the Interim President Abdelkader Bensalah have been overshadowed by Gaid Salah’s positions, undermining all efforts to...
Algeria: Junta chief General Gaid Salah insists on the impossible
Algiers, Sept 2, 2019 (AFP) - Algeria's powerful army chief called Monday for a vote to elect a successor to ousted president Abdelaziz Bouteflika by the end of the year, with a date to be announced in mid-September. Algeria's protests to demand an overhaul of the...
Algeria: Heightened tension inside the Algerian military
Even before the official start date of the Hirak protest movement on 22 February 2019, the Algerian military experienced a purge at the leadership level that has been further accelerated by the political upheaval in Algiers. The cleansing operation performed among...
Algeria: Risk analyst firm MEA Risk warns of crisis reaching climax in Algeria this fall
A MEA Risk assessment of the Algerian political stalemate warns that the crisis in the North African nation could reach its peak in the upcoming autumn season. MEA Risk even estimated that the anti-government protest movement will galvanize as of mid-September and...
Algeria: No-backing down, Algerians maintain pressure on government, insist on regime change
Algiers, Aug 23, 2019 - Algerians on Friday were back on the streets demanding an overhaul of the political system as the country's protest movement entered a seventh month with no let-up in sight. Crowds of demonstrators who thronged the capital and key cities across...
Algeria: Another corrupt former Justice Minister arrested for alleged criminal activity
Algeria's former justice minister Tayeb Louh was Thursday placed in preventative detention on allegations of abuse of power, state media reported. Louh is the latest in a string of prominent politicians and businessmen to be questioned or detained over alleged graft...
Algeria: Regime ignores calls for smooth political transition, insists on its own unpopular roadmap
In a message published this week by the state news agency APS, Interim head of state Abdelkader Bensalah repeated the same arguments put forward by army chief General Gaid Salah on the urgency of holding presidential elections, “whatever the cost and as quickly as...
Spying on their people with Huawei technology
Kampala, Aug 16, 2019 - Uganda and Zambia on Friday denied a report that employees of Chinese telecom giant Huawei had helped them spy on political opponents. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported this week that Huawei technicians helped the two African governments...
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