Algeria Bound

Algeria: The emperor has no clothes, a president with no real powerF

There have been troubling developments in Algeria, confirming that newly appointed president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune has no control over his presidency.  The Hirak movement that has driven the disgraced former president Bouteflika out of office has always been...

Maghreb rulers feeling a bit generous this weekF

At least two rulers in North Africa felt a bit generous this week.  In Morocco, King Mohammed issued an order to free 201 people from prison. They are all nationals of Sub-Saharan nations whose crime was to immigrate outside of their troubled countries and show up in...

Immigration: Gang arrested in Spain for illegal smuggling of migrantsF

Madrid, Feb 3, 2020 - Spanish police on Monday said they had arrested 26 suspected smugglers who brought more than 900 migrants to Spain last year, mostly from Algeria, charging 2,500 euros ($2,800) per person. The network, which was based in Algeria and the...

With oppression and no free speech, North Africans turn to football stadiums for politicsF

By Hamza Mekouar - From Casablanca to Algiers via Tunis, the chants belted out across football stadiums echo young North African fans' frustrations not connected to the highs and lows of the beautiful game. Chants of "F'bladi delmouni!" ("Oppressed in my country!") at...

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