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Algeria: Despite arrests of former senior government leaders, protest movement wants more, strong show of force this Friday
Algiers, June 14, 2019 (By Abdellah Cheballah with Aymeric Vincenot) - Demonstrators rallied in the Algerian capital Friday to keep up their demands for the ouster of all officials linked to the former president, unappeased by the detention of two ex-premiers. The...
Algeria: Another former Prime Minister, Abdelmalek Sellal detained for corruption
The North Africa Journal - June 13, 2019: In another unprecedented move, judicial authorities tied to the Supreme Court placed former Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal under a detention warrant in the El-Harrach prison. Sellal, another highly unpopular operative in...
Algeria: Former Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia sent to Harrach prison in major corruption case
Algeria’s highly unpopular former Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia has been incarcerated on Wednesday, 12 June under a warrant of detention by the investigating judge of the Supreme Court. He is now in the notorious Harrach prison, according to state-owned ENTV news...
Algeria: Oligarch Mahieddine Tahkout under arrest
Algiers, June 10, 2019 - Algerian authorities on Monday detained an automobile tycoon linked to ousted president Abdelaziz Bouteflika on charges of corruption, one of his lawyers told AFP. Mahieddine Tahkout "was detained along with his son and two of his brothers...
Algerians reject regime’s offer to talk, call gesture a “masquerade”
Algiers, June 7, 2019 (By Abdelhafid Daamache and Aymeric Vincenot) - Hundreds of demonstrators packed the centre of the Algerian capital on Friday calling on the interim president to quit a day after he called for dialogue aimed at fixing a new date for elections as...
Algeria: Another empty speech likely to further galvanize the protest movement
By Arezki Daoud - 6 June 2019 - Algeria’s Interim President, Abdelkader Bensalah, looking old and sick, just like Bouteflika before him, spoke tonight (Thursday, 6 June) in a highly provocative televised speech essentially to deliver nothing good, but more trouble...
Algeria: complete political and economic freeze, regime has no creative ideas to get out of the chaos
Opinion by Arezki Daoud | June 4, 2019: The man in charge by default in Algeria, army chief General Gaid Salah, gave an upbeat speech on 28 May, inviting the protest movement to negotiate a way out of the crisis. Days later, the constitutional court canceled the 4...
Algeria: Business tycoon Ali Heddad could face up to 18 months in jail for forgery
Algiers, June 3, 2019 - An Algerian prosecutor requested Monday that a business tycoon linked to ousted leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika be sentenced to 18 months in prison for "forgery", according to an AFP correspondent. Ali Haddad, who owns Algeria's largest private...
Algeria cancels 4 July presidential election, a major victory for the Algerian people
By Arezki Daoud: 2 June 2019: The Algerian presidential election scheduled by the regime to take place on 4 July 2019 has been cancelled. On Sunday 2 June, the country’s highest court, the Constitutional Court, announced the “postponement” after it rejected the...
Algeria: As Ramadan enters its last week, protesters maintain pressure on government, want radical change
Algiers, May 31, 2019 - Large crowds of Algerians on Friday took to the streets of the capital, where dozens were detained ahead of the latest protest two months after leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned. Demonstrators filled avenues in central Algiers chanting...
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...
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