Algerian state airline carrier Air Algérie is expanding its domestic flight network, following its previous...
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Algeria’s E-Commerce Growth Signals New Phase for Regional Trade
Algeria’s e-commerce market is growing steadily, supported by increased internet access, a large youth population, and...
Sahel: Drone Incident Escalates Diplomatic Rift on Algeria–Mali Border
The diplomatic crisis between Algeria and Mali, long simmering over border security and regional influence, escalated...
Algeria: Sonatrach CEO Kamel Chikhi dismissed, company fails to stabilize
On 5 February 2020, Sonatrach CEO Kamel Eddine Chikhi was dismissed from his position by a government decree. He was...
Algeria: The emperor has no clothes, a president with no real power
There have been troubling developments in Algeria, confirming that newly appointed president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune has...
Maghreb rulers feeling a bit generous this week
At least two rulers in North Africa felt a bit generous this week. In Morocco, King Mohammed issued an order to free...
Immigration: Gang arrested in Spain for illegal smuggling of migrants
Madrid, Feb 3, 2020 - Spanish police on Monday said they had arrested 26 suspected smugglers who brought more than 900...
With oppression and no free speech, North Africans turn to football stadiums for politics
By Hamza Mekouar - From Casablanca to Algiers via Tunis, the chants belted out across football stadiums echo young...
Immigration: Spain faces spike in migrant arrivals
Madrid, Feb 4, 2020 - The number of migrants reaching the Canaries soared last month to 18 times the level of a year...
Algeria: Bus accident in Souk Ahras kills seven people
At least seven people were killed and 25 injured on Tuesday in Algeria's second bus crash in a fortnight, a day after...
Analysis: Northern half of Africa bracing for upheaval this year
MEA Risk LLC - 29 January 2020: There has been a dangerous escalation of security risks and instability in the...
Algeria intensifies harassment of religious minorities
After a two month lull, following heavy criticism on the forced closure of Christian churches in the Kabylie region,...
Algeria: Fighter jet crashes in Oum El Bouaghi during training
Algiers, Jan 28, 2020 - An Algerian fighter jet has crashed on a night training exercise in the east of the North...
Algeria: Unrest in El Oued after deadly accident in Still
Political crisis took center-stage in Algeria’s 2019 security profile, says MEA Risk LLC
In a note addressed to its clients, advisory firm MEA Risk LLC said the apparent easing in political tension in...
Algeria: Dozen killed in bus collision in Biskra
Algiers, Jan 19, 2020 - Twelve people were killed and another 46 injured when two buses collided early Sunday in...
Podcast: Algeria risk assessment: the intersection of business and political corruption
In this episode, Arezki Daoud of risk assessment firm MEA Risk LLC and editor of the North Africa Journal, looks at...
Algeria: Two outgoing ministers under investigation for corruption
Algeria: A new government cabinet that fails to impress
Newly appointed president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced his first government cabinet, which comprises 39 members,...
Algeria: Scores of political prisoners released from prison
Algerian regime releases prominent political prisoners, seeks to ease public pressure
Well-known independence war veteran Lakhdar Bouregaa, was released from jail on 2 January 2020. He had been detained...
The southern Mediterranean braces for war
Libya has long been a battleground pitting several regional powers against one another. That competition for influence...
Algeria frees prominent war veteran Lakhdar Bouregaa
Algiers, Jan 2, 2020 (AFP) - Algeria released on Thursday well-known independence war veteran Lakhdar Bouregaa, who...
Algeria: While new Prime Minister speaks of restoring “confidence,” regime continues to repress
Algiers, Dec 27, 2019 - The director of an Algerian internet radio station has been placed in pre-trial detention...
Algeria: New prime minister with academic credentials hired to perform miracles
Algiers, Dec 28, 2019 - Algeria's new president on Saturday named as his prime minister an academic turned political...
Algeria: Hirak anti-regime movement continues for 45th week
Algiers, Dec 27, 2019 - Tens of thousands of Algerians demonstrated Friday for the second consecutive week since the...
Algeria: Death of a tyrant and a country facing uncertainty
Opinion by Arezki Daoud | Even Hollywood could not have come up with such a dramatic script. The head of the Algeria...
Regime in Algeria faces insurmountable wall, population rejects presidential appointee
Algiers, Dec 20, 2019 - Algerian demonstrators on Friday rejected a call for dialogue by the country's new president,...
Algeria: Tebboune sworn in as president, faces insurmountable challenges
Algiers, Dec 19, 2019 - Establishment insider Abdelmadjid Tebboune was sworn in Thursday as Algeria's new president, a...
Algerians back to the street, reject dialogue with new President Tebboune
Algiers, Dec 17, 2019 - Students, teachers and other demonstrators rallied in their thousands in Algeria's capital...
Algeria: With its Algeria venture CEO in prison over alleged corruption, Volkswagen suspends production in Algeria
Carmaker Volkswagen has suspended production in Algeria, where the head of its local partner has been detained since...
Algeria: Despite major voter boycott, military regime imposes former PM Tebboune as president
[email_link] Algiers, Dec 13, 2019 - Abdelmadjid Tebboune, declared victor on Friday in Algeria's unpopular...
Violent election in Algeria, troubled outlook
Algiers, Dec 12, 2019 - Algeria held a tense presidential election Thursday meant to bring stability after a year of...
Algeria: Ongoing rallies expose failure of the Algerian regime’s election drive
Hundreds of thousands of people, including large numbers of students demonstrated on Tuesday, Dec.10 in Algiers and...
Algeria: Former officials sentences to jail, protesters unmoved as battle against military regime rages
Algiers, Dec 10, 2019 - An Algerian court sentenced two former prime ministers to long jail terms Tuesday in the first...
Algerian diaspora rejects presidential election, observers report empty poling stations
The Algerian diaspora was supposed to vote this past weekend. But in Western nations, Algerian diplomatic missions...
Algerian regime increases attacks on pro-democracy activists and opponents over the Internet
Dec 8, 2019, By Salsabil Chellali: Social networks set alight the months-long protest movement against Algeria's...
Algeria: Crunch time for the Algerian military rulers, disaster looms, says MEA Risk LLC
Analysts at MEA Risk LLC have looked at the situation in Algeria and see no positive outcome from next week's...
Human Rights Watch decries the violence of the Algerian government
Algerian authorities are cracking down on the protest movement known as “the Hirak,” which opposes holding the...
Algerian people send strong rebuke to military rulers, massive rallies to reject elections
A vast crowd rallied in Algiers on the final Friday before a contentious presidential election many see as an elite...
Algerie: La chute de la diplomatie européenne en plein jour
English version Par Arezki Daoud - 4 December 2019: Ce n’est un secret pour personne que l’une des tâches...
Algeria: Pitiful diplomacy in full display: when European ambassadors meet a rogue presidential candidate
Version française By Arezki Daoud - Editorial for 4 December 2019: It’s no secret that one of the top jobs of an...
Algeria: Despite widespread repression, Algerians continue peaceful rallies to demand democracy
Algiers, Nov 29, 2019 (By Amal Belalloufi) - Algerians are due to elect a new president next month but a huge protest...


































