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North Mali Crisis: The Failure of the Algiers Talks
The fifth round of talks on peace in northern Mali ended in Algiers with nothing in favor of the northern populations. Pitting the government of Mali in Bamako to the northern Touareg tribes in the north, the Algiers talks were meant to inject a certain logic in the...
Some President’s Men Want FLN Chief in Power
The controversial Amar Saadani, the current head of the nationalist’ FLN party is said to be positioned to take over the top leadership of the Algerian Senate. If that occurs, Saadani could indeed end up becoming Algeria’s president for ten days if the current...
Lebanese CEO of Qatar Mobile Operator in Algeria Threatens Media
For a long time, many in the Algerian government have sought to curtail the power of the private and independent press. Using state-owned printing presses and the state advertisement agency, the government managed to put pressure on many private newspapers using such...
Death toll from Libya crises in 2014 exceeds 2,600 – 71% of the region’s casualties
The year 2014 ended with at least 3,771 fatalities from Critical Incidents in the Maghreb and Sahel zones, based on MEA Risk LLC’s tracking service CIncidents. With an intense political crisis affecting Libya, that country was home for nearly 71% of the casualties,...
Maghreb MEA Risk Digest: Week Ending Jan. 18, 2015
The following review is a summary of Critical Incidents witnessed by MEA Risk Analysts and as reported in Critical Incidents Tracker. For the week ending Sunday January 18th, the Maghreb region saw a decrease in the number of Critical Incidents by a rate of -18%. The...
Algeria’s Finances: 2015 Likely to be a Tough Year
Over the past years Algeria has enjoyed a steady stream of strong revenues. Oil money has been used partly to stimulate national savings, to pay for general economic development and to cover subsidies. Another critical contribution of oil money was Algeria’s ability...
Sonatrach’s Hassi Messaoud housing base blockaded by local protestors
Dozens of residents of Hassi Messaoud are demonstrating in front of the housing complex of Algerian oil company Sonatrach. Blocking access to the base, which is located near the local airport, the residents say they are fed up with lack of resolution in their housing...
Algeria’s Recent Oil Exploration Bid Round: Not Enough Takers and Why
Statoil resumed its work in the In Amenas site on September 2014, and expanded a bit more by winning a Timissit Permit License in the Illizi-Ghadames Basin onshore Algeria, in partnership with Shell. The license is located in southeastern Algeria, not too far from the...
A Story of Gold, Misery and a Territory under Surveillance
Since April 2014, an unprecedented frenzy has taken shape in northern Niger. This state of tension came with the discovery of three gold sites in the Agadez region, where new fortunes were created, and where thousands sank all their savings trying to get rich. MEA...
With Another Bouteflika Term, Algeria Faces Uncertain Future
May 3, 2014 | The North Africa Journal | President Bouteflika extracted his fourth term like a dentist extracting a tooth from a child. It was a painful and ugly scene, but also an embarrassing moment for a country that has so much to offer. Less than half of the...
Morocco-Algeria: Diplomatic Tension Escalates
Tension has been rising between Morocco and Algeria, over, yet again the disputed Western Sahara territory. This escalation seemed to have started following statements made by Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika during a speech made on his behalf by his Justice...
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