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Algeria: Late rights activist Fekhar, victim of a ruthless regime, in his own words
The Algeria human rights activist and medical doctor, Kamel Eddine Fekhar speaks in this interview (in Algerian) of the major issues of government abuse. Mr. Fekhar, a Berber-rights activists has been in prison for a long time. He died this week, allegedly due to...
Algeria: Victim of judicial harassment, rights activist Kamel Eddine Fekhar dies in hospital
Algerian human rights activist and medical doctor, Dr. Kamel Eddine Fekhar, died on 28 May at a Blida hospital, nearly a month after his wife warned that he was facing death if not cared for. His lawyer accused the authorities of judicial harassment and negligence....
The Algerian crisis: Army chief General Gaid Salah stalls stability, rejects public call for transition period
Comment by Arezki Daoud: General Gaid Salah, the Algerian military chief who has taken over the leadership of the country despite the presence of an interim President and a Prime Minister is facing an unprecedented situation. It is one thing to lead a military, it is...
Algeria: A funny election charade
Comments by Arezki Daoud | 26 May 2019 | The regime in Algeria that is trying to move the country into an unw anted territory is struggling to find credible candidates to run for the unrealistic 4 July election. After the state-run media outlets reported that no...
Algeria: How General Gaid Salah has become the main obstacle in the stability of Algeria
Hear this article or download the MP3 file here General Gaid Salah is now the direct target of the popular movement. After he almost became a hero, following his pressure to oust unpopular President Bouteflika, he is now seeking to impose a solution to the crisis that...
Algeria: Despite peaceful nature of the protest movement, police intimidate and seek to escalate tension
Algiers, May 24, 2019 - Algerian police on Friday threw up a tight cordon around a key protest site, arresting dozens of demonstrators in the biggest show of force in 14 weeks of mass demonstrations. Protestors have rallied outside the Grand Post Office in Algiers...
Algeria: Police struggle to control the crowds in new Friday mass protest
Algiers, May 17, 2019 - Thousands of Algerians pushed through police tear gas in the capital Friday, to rally at the focal point of mass protests against the country's ruling elite. Riot police for hours prevented demonstrators from marching on the iconic central...
France’s Total to get Anadarko Africa’s assets: What are the challenges ahead?
The takeover of Anadarko by Occidental paves the way for France's Total to acquire Anadarko assets and projects in Africa. A MEA Risk analysis says from afar, this looks like a good deal as all the projects in these countries have tremendous upsides. But it also...
Deadlock in the Algerian crisis: the general vs. the people
The past days in Algeria were characterized by a continuation of the showdown between the anti-government protest movement and the current governing figures. The government is now largely personified by Defense Chief General Gaid Salah, who has become the voice of...
Algeria: Unemployment riots in oil-rich Adrar
Algiers, May 15, 2019 - At least 24 police officers have been wounded in clashes with protesters rallying against unemployment in central Algeria, state media reported Wednesday. Demonstrators in the central Tinerkouk area have been blocking access to an oil company...
Algeria: Defying the hardship of Ramadan and heat, the Algerian people return to the street to demand regime change
Opinion by Arezki Daoud: To their chagrin, the Algerian regime's hopes that the anti-government protest movement would die down in the month of Ramadan did not materialize. Once again, this unintelligent regime has poorly calculated everything, and that should not...
Algeria: Regime cracks down on the press, fires TV anchor for his positions
Algiers, May 9, 2019 - An Algerian state television presenter has been fired after slamming the media's role in supporting the regime of ex-leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika and pushing for greater freedoms, colleagues said Thursday. Abderrezak Siah, who hosted the evening...
Algeria: Central and local governments facing growing disobedience and rebellion, as social unrest escalates
The northwestern province of Sidi Bel Abbes is the mirror of what is occurring across the entire country as social unrest escalates amid the political gridlock in Algiers. Various protest actions have been occurring since 4 May 2019 in different municipalities of the...
Algeria: Military uses Algeria-made drones for lethal purposes in anti-insurgency campaign
Algeria: Discovery of weapons’ cache near border with Niger
Algeria: Fasting month of Ramadan not slowing anti-government protests
Algiers, May 7, 2019 - Thousands of Algerian students joined the first rally of Ramadan on Tuesday, pressing on with weeks of protests against the ruling elite after president Abdelaziz Bouteflika quit. Wearing national flags over their shoulders, crowds gathered...
Energy: Total wants to acquire Anadarko’s Algerian assets ($)
French oil group Total announced this Sunday the signing of an agreement with the American Occidental Petroleum to acquire Anadarko’s assets in Africa, including Algeria, should Occidental Petroleum manages to buy Anadro. The cost of this acquisition would amount to...
Algeria: The events that led to the arrest of Saïd Bouteflika and two generals
The military investigating judge at the Blida military court on Sunday ordered the provisional detention of Athmane Tartag, Mohamed Mediène and Said Bouteflika for "undermining the authority of the Army" and "conspiracy against the authority of the state, said a...
Algeria: Military court detains Bouteflika brother and two former Intelligence chiefs
Opinion by Arezki Daoud: Three notorious figures of the Bouteflika regime, men who can easily be identified as deep-state operators, who have had devastating impact on Algerian politics over the past 20 years are now in military custody. The arrest ordered by a...
Algeria: Military uses Algeria-made drones for lethal purposes in anti-insurgency campaign near Tunisia border
In its first mention on using drones for lethal purposes, the Algerian Ministry of Defense said it used unmanned aerial vehicles on 30 April to identify and bomb militant hideouts in Djebel Labiadh in the eastern province of Tebessa near Tunisia. The operation led to...
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