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Algeria: Former police chief General Hamel summoned by court in corruption case
Algeria: Tenth consecutive Friday of protest, pressure on regime maintained
Algeria: Defense chief overshadows Interim President, takes center-stage in determining country’s future ($)
Algerian Islamist leader Abassi Madani dies in Qatar
Algeria/Brief: CEO of Sonatrach fired
Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour, the Chief Executive of Sonatrach has just been fired. Interim president of the Algerian government dimissed him and replaced him with Rachid Hachichi. Ould Kaddour saw his support system completely crumble and has long been in the chopping...
Algeria: Students maintain anti-government momentum
Algiers, April 23, 2019 - Thousands of Algerian students marched Tuesday through the capital calling for the overthrow of the "system" and trials for members of ousted president Abdelaziz Bouteflika's inner circle. The rallies came as state media reported that...
Algeria: And the witch-hunt continues
Algeria: Six controversial Governors fired, including unpopular wali of Algiers
Algeria: Private business sector swept away by protest movement, several businessmen under arrest
Algeria: The collapsing central state and the inevitable fall of the house of cards
Algeria: The Algiers mosque, symbol of the misguided vision of a leader that destroyed his country
Cheering pro-democracy movements or supporting autocratic rulers: a reticent America
Algerians find new interest in law and their constitution
Algeria: Time is not on the Side of the Protest Movement
Algeria resurrecting major graft probes as police raid Sonatrach and Public Works ministry and ban hundreds from leaving the country
Algeria: Turmoil and leadership crisis at the ruling parties
Algeria: Major shake-up of the Algerian intelligence services underway
With the ousting of Bouteflika and al-Bashir, should others be concerned?
April 11, 2019 - Strongmen in the Middle East and North Africa will be eyeing warily popular protests, fed by frustration with living standards and an elite perceived as corrupt, that helped push veteran Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika and now Sudan's Omar...
Algeria: Rejected by the Algerian people, the old guard remains in power
Algiers, April 9, 2019 - By Claire Doyen - Algerian lawmakers appointed a regime stalwart as interim president Tuesday, dismaying protesters seeking sweeping change after the resignation of Abdelaziz Bouteflika who ruled the country for two decades. The selection of...
Algeria: Growing unease with the role of the Generals in the Algerian transition
By Arezki Daoud - Tomorrow Friday, 5 April 2019, there will be rain in the morning in Algiers, but it will likely dissipate on time for after Friday prayers, allowing protesters to go back to the streets, to the chagrin of the current government officials. General...
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