Algeria Bound

Algeria: With a bankrupt economy and poor governance, Algeria wants to revisit its trade agreement with EUF

Algiers, Aug 10, 2020 - Algeria's president has requested the country's trade minister reassess a deal with the European Union, ahead of a free trade agreement due to come into effect on September 1. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune asked Kamel Rezig to "carry out an...
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Algeria: Journalist Drareni and activists Hirak Benlarbi and Hamitouche sentenced to prison by Algerian regimeF

Algiers, Aug 10, 2020 - Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni received a three-year prison term Monday in a trial rights groups have called a test of press freedom in a country recently rocked by anti-government protests. "It's a very heavy verdict for Khaled Drareni. We...
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Algeria: Currency depreciation, inflation, recession, and the pandemic: an economy in turmoilF

Algiers, Aug 9, 2020 - [Photo: Algerian retirees queuing to withdraw their pensions during a cash crunch in July 2020] Currency depreciation, inflation, negative growth, businesses closed: Algeria's economy has been battered by the one-two punch of the coronavirus...
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Algeria military establishment continues to undergo leadership purgeF

On Tuesday, 4 August, Algerian President Tebboune officially dismissed General Abderrahmane Arrar, the head of the National Gendarmerie paramilitary unit, in a long-awaited move that saw the appointment of General Nouredine Gouasmia as his replacement. As former...
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