Friday, December 20, 2019
Algiers, Dec 20, 2019 – Algerian demonstrators on Friday rejected a call for dialogue by the country’s new president, insisting on a month-long protest movement’s demands for sweeping reforms in the North African country. Huge crowds flooded the...
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Algiers, Dec 19, 2019 – Establishment insider Abdelmadjid Tebboune was sworn in Thursday as Algeria’s new president, a week after winning elections marred by mass protests and record abstention. He succeeds veteran leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who was...
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Algiers, Dec 17, 2019 – Students, teachers and other demonstrators rallied in their thousands in Algeria’s capital Tuesday against the newly elected president, rejecting his offer of dialogue with a months-old protest movement. Abdelmadjid Tebboune won...
Monday, December 16, 2019
Carmaker Volkswagen has suspended production in Algeria, where the head of its local partner has been detained since June in a corruption probe, a spokesman for the German auto giant said. “Volkswagen is aware of a corruption investigation by Algerian...
Monday, December 16, 2019
Boko Haram jihadists gunned down 19 cattle herders Saturday in northeast Nigeria, civilian militia sources and residents told AFP on Sunday. Ethnic Fulani herders, besieged by a spate of armed attacks targeting their cattle, pursued Boko Haram, sparking a fierce...
Friday, December 13, 2019
[email_link] Algiers, Dec 13, 2019 – Abdelmadjid Tebboune, declared victor on Friday in Algeria’s unpopular presidential election, has spent decades at the heart of the country’s establishment including a brief stint as prime minister. Aged 74 and a...
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Algiers, Dec 12, 2019 – Algeria held a tense presidential election Thursday meant to bring stability after a year of turmoil, but voting was marred as protesters stormed polling stations and staged a mass rally in the capital. The unpopular vote comes almost 10...
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Niamey, Dec 10, 2019 – The United States is donating $21 million (19 million euros) of military equipment to Niger help fight jihadism in the Sahel region, an American diplomatic told AFP on Tuesday. The Americans have already handed over dozens of armoured...
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Libya’s National Oil Corporation said Tuesday it had agreed to let French oil giant Total buy US outfit Marathon Oil’s 16.33-percent stake in the country’s Waha oil concessions for $650 million (586 million euros). The NOC said in a statement it had...
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Niamey, Dec 11, 2019 – Three soldiers and 14 attackers died in an assault earlier this week on an army camp in western Niger near the border with Mali, the defence minister said. Heavily armed “terrorists” in a dozen 4×4 vehicles led the attack...
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Hundreds of thousands of people, including large numbers of students demonstrated on Tuesday, Dec.10 in Algiers and across the country to reiterate their rejection of an election being forced by the military high command. This was the 42nd consecutive week of rallies...
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Cairo, Dec 10, 2019 – A self-exiled Egyptian businessman and dissident who has accused President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of corruption has been sentenced in absentia to five years in jail for tax evasion, a judicial source said Tuesday. Mohamed Ali, a construction...
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Algiers, Dec 10, 2019 – An Algerian court sentenced two former prime ministers to long jail terms Tuesday in the first of a series of high-profile corruption trials launched after longtime president Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned in the face of mass protests in...
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
The Algerian diaspora was supposed to vote this past weekend. But in Western nations, Algerian diplomatic missions used by the military command to force an election, have faced unprecedented backlash. In Paris, the consulate general has been under pressure since...
Monday, December 9, 2019
Dec 8, 2019, By Salsabil Chellali: Social networks set alight the months-long protest movement against Algeria’s establishment, but as a contentious presidential poll looms, bots and trolls are staging an online comeback to bolster the regime. The protests which...
Friday, December 6, 2019
Analysts at MEA Risk LLC have looked at the situation in Algeria and see no positive outcome from next week’s presidential elections. The peaceful demeanor of the anti-regime movement has disoriented the ruling military elite, headed by General Gaid Salah,...
Friday, December 6, 2019
Algerian authorities are cracking down on the protest movement known as “the Hirak,” which opposes holding the presidential elections scheduled for December 12, 2019, arresting hundreds of activists and imprisoning scores for protests or waving flags, Human Rights...
Friday, December 6, 2019
A vast crowd rallied in Algiers on the final Friday before a contentious presidential election many see as an elite attempt to cling to power despite months of protests, an AFP journalist said. “No to voting, we swear we will not stop!” protesters chanted....
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Nouakchott, Dec 5, 2019 – At least 58 migrants trying to reach Europe from West Africa died as their makeshift boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania, but dozens of survivors managed to swim to shore. Wednesday’s sinking was the largest known loss of...
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Tunis, Dec 3, 2019 – Eleven Tunisians were arrested during a night of clashes between protesters and police in the central region of Sidi Bouzid, the interior ministry said Tuesday, after the self-immolation of a young man sparked outrage. Clashes in Jelma...
Monday, December 2, 2019
Tripoli, Dec 2, 2019 – At least five civilians were killed and 10 wounded in overnight air strikes in a suburb of Libya’s capital, the unity government’s health ministry said on Monday. “Violent air raids on the residential area of al-Swani...
Monday, December 2, 2019
Rabat, Dec 2, 2019 – A bus crash in northern Morocco killed 17 people as the vehicle overturned, the health ministry said Monday, in the second such accident in North Africa the same day. The bus crashed on Sunday near Taza, a town between the Rif and Atlas...
Monday, December 2, 2019
Monday, December 2, 2019
Libya’s navy said Saturday it had rescued 205 migrants in an operation off the coast of Tripoli. The rescue took place on Friday, with 158 men, 33 women and 14 children taken from three inflatable boats off the coast of Zawiyah, 45 kilometres west of the...
Monday, December 2, 2019
Ain Snoussi, Tunisia, Dec 2, 2019 – At least 26 people were killed when their bus crashed into a barrier on a mountain road and careered into a ravine in northwest Tunisia, officials said Monday. The health ministry said that 17 people were also injured in...
Friday, November 29, 2019
Paris, Nov 29, 2019 – An ambush by Islamic State jihadists did not cause a collision between two French army helicopters which left 13 soldiers dead in Mali, France’s military chief of staff said Friday. The Islamic State’s West Africa Province...
Friday, November 29, 2019
Algiers, Nov 29, 2019 (By Amal Belalloufi) – Algerians are due to elect a new president next month but a huge protest movement bitterly rejects the vote, fearing it will cement in power politicians close to the disgraced old guard. Candidates have been loudly...
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Algiers, Nov 27, 2019 – Clashes took place Wednesday in northern Algeria between police and people protesting against an election meeting by a candidate standing in next month’s presidential poll, journalists said. “Outside the room where the meeting...
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Tripoli, Nov 27, 2019 – Libya’s National Oil Corporation said fighting triggered a suspension of production Wednesday at a key field in the country’s southwest. Forces loyal to eastern Libya strongman Khalifa Haftar said they carried out air raids...
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
On Wednesday 13 November, Major-General Abderrazak Cherif was sentenced to 15 years in prison by the Blida military court for “illicit enrichment, trading in influence and breach of army instructions.” This verdict shocked many observers and analysts...
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
London, Nov 25, 2019 – The UK arm of French rail firm Alstom was on Monday fined £15 million ($20 million, 17.5 million euros) for bribery in relation to a tram contract in Tunisia, Britain’s Serious Fraud Office said. Alstom Network UK Ltd was convicted...
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Paris, Nov 27, 2019 – Amnesty International warned on Wednesday that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government had built a “parallel justice system” to crack down on critics and dissent. The London-based rights watchdog said the key...
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
In normal democracy, candidate Abdelkader Bengrina, would have already resigned due to the terrible popularity he has been facing. But in Algeria, it is about pleasing a half dozen generals, in particular their bosses, General Gaid Salah. On the ground, there is no...
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Europe has been silent about the political crisis unfolding in Algeria over the past nine months. In the eyes of the Algerian opposition and the public in general, such silence is sign of complicity with a military regime that has been committing human rights abuses....
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Paris, Nov 26, 2019 (By Daphne Benoit and Jérôme Rivet) – Thirteen French soldiers were killed in Mali when two helicopters collided while fighting insurgents in the country’s restive north, officials said Tuesday, the heaviest single loss for the French...
