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Algeria: Former police chief General Hamel summoned by court in corruption case
Algiers, April 28, 2019 - A former Algerian police chief once considered a pillar of the regime of ousted president Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been summoned for questioning about allegations of corruption, state media said Sunday. Since Bouteflika resigned in early...
Algeria: Tenth consecutive Friday of protest, pressure on regime maintained
Algiers, April 26, 2019 - Algerian protesters vowed Friday to keep up the pressure on the regime left behind by Abdelaziz Bouteflika, staging a tenth consecutive weekly mass rally after a string of people close to the toppled president were sacked or arrested over...
Algeria: Defense chief overshadows Interim President, takes center-stage in determining country’s future ($)
The political crisis in Algeria intensified this week with the judiciary taking exceptional steps to investigate and arrest several political and business leaders. For many leaders of the protest movement, the arrests appear to be a witch hunt that is motivated by a...
Algerian Islamist leader Abassi Madani dies in Qatar
Algiers, April 24, 2019 (AFP) - The founder of an outlawed Algerian opposition party that pushed for the creation of an Islamic state died Wednesday in Qatar where he was living in exile, his close ally told AFP. Abassi Madani died at the age of 88 "in a Doha...
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
The speed in which a number of former and current officials and business tycoons have been implicated into shady affairs and brought to justice is a clear indication that the military in Algeria has been keeping a close tab on the targeted individuals for a long time....
Algeria: Six controversial Governors fired, including unpopular wali of Algiers
Acting President Abdelkader Bensalah, on Monday, 22 April fired six walis (Governors) long considered controversial figures. Abdelkader Zoukh, the notorious Governor of Algiers was in the list and has been replaced by Abdelkhalek Sayouda. The other five are Abdelkader...
Algeria: Private business sector swept away by protest movement, several businessmen under arrest
The protest movement in Algeria is having its first wave of collateral damage. With the judiciary active as never before under the pressure from the streets, and as a result of a purge taking place within the ruling circle, businessmen allegedly tied to the Bouteflika...
Algeria: The collapsing central state and the inevitable fall of the house of cards
By Arezki Daoud - 18 April 2019: A remnant of the Bouteflika regime, Tayeb Belaiz had the decency this week to resign under the intense pressure from the streets. He is just one card of the many that form this very fragile house of cards that is the Algerian...
Algeria: The Algiers mosque, symbol of the misguided vision of a leader that destroyed his country
Algiers, April 15, 2019 - Algeria's Abdelaziz Bouteflika may be gone, but his unfinished Great Mosque of Algiers looms large as a symbol of his 20-year reign and, many say, his megalomania. Built with the nation's vast oil wealth, the monument on the Bay of Algiers...
Cheering pro-democracy movements or supporting autocratic rulers: a reticent America
Washington, April 12, 2019 - The United States initially cheered on the Arab Spring but as fresh popular uprisings sweep through Sudan and Algeria, President Donald Trump has taken a more passive role, convinced that strongmen can be his best partners. The State...
Algerians find new interest in law and their constitution
Algiers, April 12, 2019 - By Claire Doyen - Sitting in a living room transformed into a makeshift classroom, Algerians from across the social spectrum gather for a course on constitutional law -- and two hours in, not a single one appears bored. Algerian protestors...
Algeria: Time is not on the Side of the Protest Movement
There is a clear stalemate in Algiers these days, although time is favoring the regime and those calling the shots in the current interim leadership. The resistance in the regime against the population’s demands, has indeed hardened, and even the man who almost became...
Algeria resurrecting major graft probes as police raid Sonatrach and Public Works ministry and ban hundreds from leaving the country
The North Africa Journal - 11 April 2019 - On 7 April 2019, the Algerian security authorities established a new list of 378 individuals banned from the leaving the country. This new list brings the total number of banned individuals to 540. The list includes former...
Algeria: Turmoil and leadership crisis at the ruling parties
The North Africa Journal - 11 April 2019 - There is an unprecedented level of tension within the ruling FLN and RND parties, ever since the anti-government protest movement began in February. With their leaders having been staunch supporters of a fifth term for...
Algeria: Major shake-up of the Algerian intelligence services underway
The North Africa Journal - 11 April 2019: Several senior officers who directed various intelligence agencies during the last few years of President Bouteflika's reign have been dismissed, and there are many more to come. The move is meant to purge the intelligence...
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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