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Algeria: More discoveries of war-grade weapons in southern provinces, two insurgents killed
The North Africa Journal: Threat and security assessment and tracking company MEA Risk LLC said the Algerian authorities continue to tally the weapons they have confiscated from the general public. Although illegal, many of what is confiscated are hunting rifles and...
Algeria: Unknown retired general Ali Ghediri to run for president
Algiers, Jan 19, 2019 - A retired Algerian general on Saturday became the first candidate to announce a run for president in April elections, as ailing incumbent Abdelaziz Bouteflika's intentions remain unknown. Ali Ghediri, a former defence ministry personnel...
Algeria: A presidential election without one single candidate
The North Africa Journal - By Arezki Daoud - 18 January 2019: This is the kind of stuff you only see in the Guinness Book of World Records. A country that has a presidential election in three months and yet, no single candidate came forward. Not that the country has...
Energy: Algeria cuts oil production by 24K barrels a day
The North Africa Journal - 14 January 2019: Algeria has cut oil production between 24,000 and 25,000 barrels per day as of 1 January 2019 under the OPEC-non OPEC agreement signed last December, according to Sonatrach’s Vice President of Exploration and Production....
Violence in Algeria’s football world
Algiers, Jan 13, 2019 - More than 300 people were injured in football-related violence during the first four months of Algeria's football season, with hundreds arrested, police said on Sunday. Algeria has for years seen nearly weekly violence at football stadiums...
Algeria wants Berber mausoleums from antiquity as UNESCO World Heritage site
Tiaret, Algeria, Jan 14, 2019 - Dating back centuries, Algeria's pyramid tombs are unique relics of an ancient era but a dearth of research has left the Jeddars shrouded in mystery. The 13 monuments, whose square stone bases are topped with angular mounds, are perched...
Algeria’s former and current military chiefs dragged into political infighting
The North Africa Journal - January 9, 2019: The uncertainty over the presidential election in Algeria has created new divisions within the military ranks, with current leaders, siding with the president, who is being politically attacked by retired officers. The...
Algeria’s illegal migration problem and “national security.”
Algiers, Jan 4, 2019 (AFP) - Algeria's interior ministry on Friday defended moves to expel dozens of migrants as a matter of "national security", after the UN voiced concern over a group who went missing in the desert. The global body's refugee agency UNHCR said...
Algeria: Infrastructure to get mimimum spending in the next 12 years
MEA Risk's Shield & Alert: Nov 19, 2018: In the light of the flash floods which swept large cities such as Algiers, Constantine and Oran recently, the government has allocated a budget of 311,432 billion dinars over a period of 12 years, in a bid to solve...
Algeria’s diplomatic friction with France and Switzerland
The North Africa Journal - November 19, 2018: Algeria is having some diplomatic kerfuffle with France and Switzerland these days. With the French, the feud is about new limitations in issuing Schengen visas to Algerian members of parliament. With the Swiss, the...
Algeria’s other military campaigns
The North Africa Journal - 8 November 2018: MEA Risk LLC says that for the period of 1 to 7 November 2018, there were 53 critical incidents recorded in Algeria, resulting in a single death and 392 arrests. The share of the Criminality category in the week’s total...
King of Morocco proposes direct talks with Algeria: Unlikely to happen this year
The North Africa Journal - Nov 8, 2018: The fate of the contested Western Sahara territory and a regional leadership context continue to poison relations between Algeria and Morocco, two countries that have substantial similarities and massive interests in seeing...
Algeria: Movement against reelection of Bouteflika makes waves after police disrupt first protest
The North Africa Journal - August 16, 2018 - By Hakim Briki: Mouwatana, a movement created in June 2018 to dissuade President Bouteflika from running for reelection, has denounced the "early presidential campaign" launched by majority parties. This comes a few days...
Algeria: Security reinforced in the south of Algiers
The authorities have strongly reinforced security in the national roads located in the south of Algiers, including those leading to Chlef, Bouira, Ain Defla and Bouira, in an effort to counter drug trafficking and road traffic accidents. This measure aims to curb the...
Algerian government outraged after journalist broadcasts anti-Bouteflika video from EU HQ
The North Africa Journal - June 8, 2018: Algerian journalist Layla Haddad Lefevre, who used to be the correspondent of the Algerian public broadcasting network in Brussels, appeared in a video shot at the EU headquarters denouncing the President Abdelaziz Bouteflika...
Algeria: More insurgents surrender as military renews call for amnesty, says MEA Risk
The North Africa Journal: May 17, 2018: MEA Risk LLC reports that four more Islamic insurgents surrendered to the army in the province of Tamanrasset in Algeria this week in a series of surrenders boosted by the military call for amnesty for those willing to give up...
Algeria’s 2017 defense spending down, still highest in Africa
The North Africa Journal - May 2, 2018: Algeria’s military spending in 2017 fell by 5.2% in 2017 to settle at $9.6 billion according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Its latest data was published on 2 May 2018, showing Algeria’s first...
Algeria: Presidency signals another term for Bouteflika as FLN endorses 2019 bid
The North Africa Journal - 9 April 2018: The possibility of President Bouteflika to run for another term is now increasingly likely. In fact, not only has he received the official endorsement of the ruling FLN party, but he has also toured projects in Algiers,...
Morocco allegedly informs Algeria about possible military action in Western Sahara
MEA Risk Brief: Morocco has reportedly informed Algeria, through an unidentified European ambassador to Algeria, that it is ready to intervene militarily if the "Polisario Front continues to refuse the United Nations" and Morocco’s call to withdraw from east of the...
Algerians brace for currency devaluation, fueling informal forex
The North Africa Journal - 5 April 2018: The informal foreign currency exchange market (forex) in Algeria is more vibrant than ever, and continues to expand. The use of such market is widespread because of an ineffective financial sector and regulations that are...
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