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Algeria is committing “acts of physical endangerment” with revenge arrestsF

April 3, 2020 - Reporters Without Borders has accused Algeria's government of taking advantage of the coronavirus epidemic to "settle scores" with independent journalists, including those covering long-running anti-government protests. In a statement co-signed with...

Algeria: Food shortages lead to breaches in social distancing and confinement rulesF

The coronavirus is creating acute shortages of high-consumption foods and commodities. Despite the calls for social distancing, with Algeria ordering a distance of at least one meter between people, there have been mass gatherings of people looking to buy semolina and...

Algeria: Inner-clan warfare continues inside the regime, ex-head of police gets stiff prison sentenceF

Algiers, April 1, 2020 - An Algerian court issued heavy prison sentences Wednesday to a powerful former police chief and his family for illicit gains and misappropriation of land, local media reported. Abdelaghani Hamel, a former national security director-general,...

Sport: Mediterranean Games pushed to 2022 due to Covid-19F

Algiers, March 31, 2020 - The 2021 Mediterranean Games have been postponed a year until 2022 as a result of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, Algeria's sports minister Sid Ali Khaldi said Tuesday. The Games were scheduled for Algeria's second city, Oran, from...

Algeria confirms record low turnout for referendum on a new constitution, approves it anywayF

Algeria confirms record low turnout for referendum on a new constitution, approves it anywayF

Nov 13, 2020

The 23.8-percent turnout was a record low for a major vote in Algeria, with fewer than 15 percent of eligible voters...

Podcast: Covid-19 in the Maghreb region as of mid-November 2020F

Podcast: Covid-19 in the Maghreb region as of mid-November 2020F

Nov 12, 2020

In this brief podcast recorded on 12 November 2020, MEA Risk's Arezki Daoud provides an update on the Coronavirus in...

Algeria: War hero and anti-regime icon dies from Covid-19F

Algeria: War hero and anti-regime icon dies from Covid-19F

Nov 9, 2020

Lakhdar Bouregaa, a highly respected veteran of Algeria's war of independence against France and a key figure in an...

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