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Algeria: Salima Melizi’s Case Highlights Algeria’s Cultural Tensions
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Security Council Backs Morocco’s Plan for Western Sahara, Sets Out Negotiation Terms
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Algeria: Regime jails human rights activist Abdelouahab Fersaoui
Algiers, April 6, 2020 - An Algerian court on Monday sentenced another leading figure in the country's anti-regime...
Algeria’s political police unleash terror on journalists and others
Journalist Meriem Chorfi, Editor-in-chief Mouhoub Rafik, and Mohamed Laamari, the Publisher of Algerian newspaper Sawt...
Algeria’s political police punishes another journalist
Algiers, April 5, 2020 - An Algerian court on Sunday sentenced to eight months in jail a journalist who had provided...
Covid-19 in Algeria: China to the rescue
Algiers, April 4, 2020 - As adversity strikes in the form of the coronavirus pandemic, Algeria has found a helping...
Maghreb: Media as collateral damage of Covid-19
April 2, 2020 - Measures to stem the novel coronavirus pandemic have affected the distribution and publication of...
Algeria is committing “acts of physical endangerment” with revenge arrests
April 3, 2020 - Reporters Without Borders has accused Algeria's government of taking advantage of the coronavirus...
Algeria: Food shortages lead to breaches in social distancing and confinement rules
The coronavirus is creating acute shortages of high-consumption foods and commodities. Despite the calls for social...
Algeria: Inner-clan warfare continues inside the regime, ex-head of police gets stiff prison sentence
Algiers, April 1, 2020 - An Algerian court issued heavy prison sentences Wednesday to a powerful former police chief...
Sport: Mediterranean Games pushed to 2022 due to Covid-19
Algiers, March 31, 2020 - The 2021 Mediterranean Games have been postponed a year until 2022 as a result of the impact...
Algeria: A dictator’s cozy retirement and the whereabouts of Bouteflika
Algiers, March 31, 2020 - A year after the unexpected downfall of Algeria's longtime president Abdelaziz Bouteflika,...
MENA (MidEast/North Africa) regimes increase their repression
Cairo, March 29, 2020 - Armoured vehicles in the streets, hundreds arrested, smartphone surveillance -- sweeping...
Algeria jails more journalists despite Covid-19
Algiers, March 29, 2020 - An Algerian journalist was Sunday ordered to be held in pre-trial detention, press freedom...
Algerian regime takes advantage of Covid-19 crisis to arrest opponents and journalists
Algiers, March 27, 2020 - An Algerian journalist was arrested on Friday, press freedom group Reporters Without Borders...
North Africa faces unprecedented economic crisis
Listen to the podcast above or read the transcript below. Download MP3 file here. 26 March 2020: By Arezki Daoud:...
The disastrous confinement of the poor and the mediocrity of Maghreb regimes
March 25, 2020 (By Sophie Pons) - In Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco, workers in informal jobs fear not only the novel...
Algeria: Appeals court uphold prison sentences for corrupt former Prime Ministers
Algiers, March 25, 2020 - An Algerian appeals court has upheld sentences of over ten years in prison for two former...
Algeria: Taking advantage of a freeze in the Hirak, regime decides to keep Karim Tabbou in prison
On 24 March, an Algiers Court canceled the release from prison of political activist Karim Tabbou, shamelessly taking...
North Africa’s incomprehensible night curfews
Opinion by Arezki Daoud: Persistent, logical and even unpopular policies must be implemented to fight the coronavirus....
Education: Studying from home amid Covid-19
Tripoli, March 24, 2020 - By Rim Tahar - Either on television as in Libya or on tablets in the IT-savvy Gulf...
Algeria: The empty streets of Algiers
Algiers, March 20, 2020 - For the first time in over a year, the streets of the Algerian capital were quiet and almost...
Editorial: 2020, the exceptional year
Editorial by Arezki Daoud: It’s official, Covid-19 is now North Africa’s biggest problem, just as it is for the entire...
Algeria prepares for a pause of the Hirak movement, president bans gatherings
Opposition figures in and outside of Algeria have been issuing statements calling for the halt in the anti-government...
17 March: Algeria and Tunisia announce mutual agreement to close land borders
Authorities seek to appease population on food supply amid virus containment phase
Just as in many countries, North Africans have been flocking to their neighborhood markets, increasing their shopping...
Algeria-Mar 16: Medical staff in Boumerdes to strike to protest lack of resources amid pandemic
Algeria: Travel links between Algeria and Europe suspended
Algiers, March 16, 2020 - Algeria's Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad announced Monday a suspension of all scheduled...
Morocco suspends major travel links
MEA Risk Brief: In a drastic move aimed at halting the spread of the coronavirus, Morocco announced the suspension of...
Algerians maintain their anti-regime protests despite COVID-19
Algeria reports second COVID-19 death
Algiers, March 12, 2020 - Algeria has registered two deaths from the novel coronavirus, the health ministry announced...
North Africa coronavirus: 12 March 2020 update
Listen to the audio podcast above By Arezki Daoud: It is not total panic mode yet, but there is a feeling that the...
Algeria registers first coronavirus death
Algiers, March 12, 2020 (AFP) - Algeria has registered its first death from the novel coronavirus, the health ministry...
Algeria: Court sentences opposition activist Karim Tabbou to one year in prison, set to be released next week
Algeria: Police prevent Saturday protest rally in Algiers
Algeria: Soldier and insurgent killed in clash in Tafassour
Algeria: Anti-regime Hirak figure Fodil Boumala acquitted by court
Algeria: Court sentences drug baron to prison, acquits president’s son in real estate corruption case
Global markets rattled by coronavirus
Corruption in Algeria: Prosecutor calls for two-year jail term for President’s son
Algeria: The dizzying pace of the anti-corruption campaign and the clan warfare