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Algerian military chief Gaid Salah rejects demands for appeasement, wants his rules only
Algiers, July 30, 2019 - Algeria's powerful army chief Tuesday ruled out accepting any pre-conditions to launching talks to end the country's political crisis, saying there was "no more time to lose". Algerians have taken to the streets every Tuesday and Friday since...
Governance in disarray: the criminal syndicate that ruled and continues to rule Algeria
By Arezki Daoud: The political crisis in Algeria has brought to the fore the extent of the state of the bankruptcy in governance, and indeed the outright control of the government by criminal elements. Collectively, the men who have been and are still in power...
Algeria: Arrest of former industry minister Youcef Yousfi paves way for probes on major corruption cases in energy sector
Commentary by Arezki Daoud: Algeria has been plagued by widespread corruption ever since Bouteflika became president in 1999. All the men and women he hired essentially set out to restructure the legal system to protect their interests, and created bureaucratic...
Algeria’s military command selects Conservative Islamist supporter as new parliament chief
Arezki Daoud's comment: The Algerian national assembly has a new speaker. It was supposed to be another nationalist figure from the old FLN party, but the party's new leader, Mohamed Djamai is so tainted by alleged criminal activity that his candidacy to head the...
Algeria: Two more Bouteflika operatives in jail over corruption
The former head of ousted Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika's party was placed in provisional detention Sunday on allegations including "squandering public money", state television said. Djamel Ould Abbes is suspected of "squandering public funds, procuring a...
Algeria: Police repression against peaceful protesters intensifies
Algiers, July 7, 2019 - Algerian police said Sunday they had opened an investigation after a video circulated online appeared to show protesters being beaten by security forces. Thousands of people took to the streets of the capital Algiers on Friday, the latest in...
Algeria: Millions of Algerians mobilize for 20th week, demanding ouster of illegitimate regime
Algiers, July 5, 2019 - Thousands of people protested for a twentieth consecutive week in Algeria's capital on Friday, defying a major police presence and after the interim president renewed a plea for dialogue. "Go, liberate Algeria!", protesters chanted, waving the...
Algeria: Regime looking to insert Trojan horse in the protest movement
Commentary by Arezki Daoud: Here is yet another delaying tactic. General Gaid Salah has mandated Interim President to announce that they are open for a dialogue "without" the regime involved. Isn't that rich? Frankly this is one of the weirdest propositions ever. ...
Podcast: Algerian military leaders in state of panic, pushing for violence
the Algerian crisis Algerian military leaders in state of panic, pushing for violenceThe Algerian military has lost its capability to maintain a reasonable level of objectivity. Its senior command, directed by General Gaid Salah, is now in intense panic mode after it...
Algeria: Another Bouteflika operative forced to resign as speaker of lower house
Algiers, July 2, 2019 - The speaker of Algeria's lower house of parliament resigned Tuesday, an official told AFP, following calls for him to quit by demonstrators. "Mouad Bouchareb resigned this morning from his post as speaker of the lower chamber," said Abdelhamid...
Algerian journalist beaten, humiliated after arrest covering demos
Algiers, July 1, 2019 - A journalist arrested last week as he covered Algeria's weekly anti-regime demonstration said Monday that he was beaten, insulted and humiliated for eight hours. Mustapha Bendjama, editor-in-chief of local daily Le Provincial, told AFP he was...
Algerian military regime arrests war veteran Lakhdar Bouregaa for his political opinion
Algiers, June 30, 2019 - Algerian authorities have arrested a well-known veteran of the war of independence against France, his grandson and media outlets said Sunday, after he reportedly criticised military chief Ahmed Gaid Saleh. Lakhdar Bouregaa, 86, was arrested...
Algerian regime seeks to intimidate and scare, but Algerians continue to protest peacefully
Algiers, June 28, 2019 (By Abdelhafid Daamache with Aymeric) - Protesters thronged the heart of Algeria's capital on Friday despite a heavy police presence, vowing to push their demands for transition after the ouster of president Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Under a...
Algeria: Regime of General Gaid Salah arrests 18 for carrying Berber flag, increases repression of peaceful protesters
Algerian authorities on Sunday arrested 18 people who had brandished the Berber minority flag during an anti-government protest in Algiers despite a ban imposed by the military, their lawyers said. They were detained during a mass protest Friday by Algerians demanding...
Algeria: Businessman Hassen Arbaoui detained in corruption probe
Algiers, June 20, 2019 - Algerian authorities on Thursday detained a third automobile tycoon as part of an investigation into corruption, state television said. Hassen Arbaoui was "detained along with six other people", the state broadcaster said, adding that the...
Algeria’s military command pushing for more instability
By Arezki Daoud: The deconstruction of the Algerian regime of the past two decades is underway. At least the public figures who were tasked to administer the country for more than 20 years are now being investigated by judicial authorities that appear rejuvenated but...
Podcast: Algeria’s political transition update as of 18 June 2019
In this podcast, Arezki Daoud of MEA Risk and The North Africa Journal provides an update on the state of the stalled political transition in Algeria. Download MP3 | Listen to Audio version on main podcast services Transcript: Rough times in Algeria as the military...
Algeria: General Gaid Salah issues threats against those who don’t agree with him
Algiers, June 18, 2019 - Military chief General Ahmed Gaid Salah said Tuesday that those who oppose the army were "enemies of Algeria", as the country's protest movement demands an overhaul of the entire regime. Those with "grudges and animosity towards the army and...
Algeria: Sovac caught in a complex web of corruption
An Algerian public prosecutor has officially communicated the facts in the corruption case related to the SOVAC company, the exclusive representative of Volkswagen in Algeria, which resulted in the sending of little known yet one of the country's biggest fortunes,...
Algeria: Business tycoon Ali Heddad jailed six months over illegal passport possession
Algiers, June 17, 2019 - Algeria's top businessman Ali Haddad, a key supporter of ousted president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, was jailed for six months on Monday for holding two passports, in the first conviction in a string of corruption probes. The business tycoon was...
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