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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...
Polisario clashes with tribesmen inside Tindouf camps
MEA Risk Brief: According to a security source, members of the security forces of the Sahrawi movement Polisario Front have clashed with Oulad Dim tribesmen inside the Sahrawi refugee camp of Tindouf on 16 February. The skirmish started when Polisario officials...
Algerian army loses two more soldiers in new attack, puts troops on high alert along Mali border
MEA Risk LLC: On 19 February, two Algerian soldiers were killed, and a third one was wounded after a roadside bomb was detonated by suspected Islamic insurgents during the passage of a military convoy in El Aich, in Khenchela's Djellal municipality. This was the...
Algeria: Five soldiers killed in a Tebessa sweeping operation
Five soldiers were killed today (14 February) in a bomb explosion in Tebessa, near the Tunisian border, according to MEA Risk LLC. A large-scale sweeping operation was launched after the incident, in an area that appears to be affected by the presence of militant...
Not such a happy new year for North Africa
The North Africa Journal: January 11, 2018- The new year started off on the wrong foot for North African nations, and the seeds of discontent for the years to come have been sown. The year 2017 ended with a lot of drama and lingering crises that promise to stick...
Algeria stability week in review by MEA Risk
The North Africa Journal - December 20, 2017: MEA Risk releases threat assessments for various countries, and the latest on Algeria shows that In the period between 7 and 13 December 2017, there were 83 critical incidents in Algeria, resulting in eight deaths and...
The Jihadists are back
The North Africa Journal - 22 November, 2017: Although authorities have so far been able to contain the militant threat in most parts of North Africa, while Libya is bearing the brunt of the violence and Egypt struggling to contain insurgents, the region at-large is...
Algeria-Morocco: Algeria’s top diplomat starts new feud with Morocco
The North Africa Journal - November 3, 2017 - Algeria’s top diplomat, Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel has shown very little diplomatic skills, when he recently accused Morocco of laundering "hashish" money during a debate held at the summer workshop of the...
Algeria: The ex-official who won’t quit: PM Ouyahia defends ex Energy Minister Chakib Khelil
The North Africa Journal- November 3, 2017 - In an unexpected move, Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia has defended Chakib Khelil, the former Energy Minister who was allegedly involved in the big corruption scandals that hit Sonatrach while he was in office. The PM claims...
As Algeria ups its defensive capabilities, North Africa braces for an influx of new insurgents
The North Africa Journal - September 7, 2017: Over the past 20 years, the Algerian defense system has been largely built based on countering terrorism and militant groups. While the country’s defense forces also looked at conventional external threats, including the...
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