Algeria Bound

Algiers, June 21, 2020 - Algeria sentenced prominent anti-government activist Amira Bouraoui to a year in prison on Sunday amid a growing climate of repression, one of her lawyers told AFP.  "This conviction is unjust, there is no evidence. We are going to appeal," ...

Algiers, June 21, 2020 - An Algerian soldier was killed during a clash with armed Islamists in the central region of Ain Defla, the defence ministry said Sunday, adding that an operation was still underway. An army detachment clashed with "an armed terrorist group",...

Algiers, June 19, 2020 (By Amal Belalloufi, with Philippe Agret in Tunis) - Algeria has intensified a crackdown on an anti-government protest movement, targeting social media users in a bid to stop demonstrations resuming once coronavirus restrictions end. Weekly...

18 June 2020: In this 12 minute podcast, Arezki Daoud, Lead Analyst at MEA Risk LLC and Editor of The North Africa Journal describes the background that is likely result in the resumption of the anti-government protests in Algeria in the weeks and months ahead. The...