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Algeria Rebounds as Spain’s Primary Gas Supplier as Bilateral Trade Spikes
Algeria's role as Spain's top natural gas provider is back in the spotlight. After a significant two-year diplomatic...
French President Wants to Suspend Visa-Free Travel for Algerian Diplomats
French President Emmanuel Macron has requested that the government suspend visa exemptions for Algerian diplomatic and...
Algeria: Police ups violence against protesters during visit of candidate Benflis to Bouira
Algiers, Nov 27, 2019 - Clashes took place Wednesday in northern Algeria between police and people protesting against...
Algeria: How and why military chief General Gaid Salah neutralizes his foes
On Wednesday 13 November, Major-General Abderrazak Cherif was sentenced to 15 years in prison by the Blida military...
Algeria: Candidate to be president, Bengrina is undesirable, everywhere he goes
In normal democracy, candidate Abdelkader Bengrina, would have already resigned due to the terrible popularity he has...
How oil companies Total and ENI are being dragged into the Algerian political crisis, accused of supporting the regime
Europe has been silent about the political crisis unfolding in Algeria over the past nine months. In the eyes of the...
Algeria: Abdelmadjid Tebboune, General Gaid Salah’s favorite for next president, in trouble
Former Prime Minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune, a close friend to General Gaid Salah, the head of the military, is facing...
Algerian military launches campaign against repression on peaceful protesters
Algiers, Nov 22, 2019 - Authorities arrested more than 80 people during a night-time protest in the Algerian capital,...
Algeria: The most laughable speech by General Gaid Salah, chief of Algerian army
Versions francaise Oped and opinion by Arezki Daoud | 20 November 2019: The Algerian regime has been working hard to...
Algerians back to the street to push against 12 December election
Algiers, Nov 15, 2019 (By Amal Belalloufi with Aymeric Vincenot) - Demonstrators thronged the streets of the Algerian...
Algerian lawmakers pass controversial petroleum law
After signaling their opposition to almost all the laws that the Bedoui government submitted, the lawmakers of of the...
Algeria among worse offenders in cracking down on Facebook users
Algerians have experienced seven deliberate disruptions in access to Facebook during the first six months of 2019,...
Algeria: Regime commits more human rights abuses, prepares to militarize the state
By Arezki Daoud - 12 November 2019 - An Algerian court handed over one-year jail terms to 28 demonstrators for the...
Algerian regime shuts down at least 12 Evangelical Protestant churches
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) issued a statement saying that it was deeply concerned...
Algeria judges confirm allegiance to military regime in exchange for a 20% salary increase
[chat] November 6, 2019: By Arezki Daoud: The Algerian crisis has intensified over the past two weeks, with the head...
Algeria: International Commission of Jurists blasts Algerian regime for its handling of Judges
Geneva-based International Commission Jurists (ICJ) blasted Algeria today (6 November) on its handling of the judges...
Algeria: Millions of Algerians in massive rallies to demand end of military regime
Algiers, Nov 1, 2019 - Demonstrators converged on Algiers in their thousands for a massive anti-government rally...
Deep state of corruption in Algeria’s justice system: the bribes that promote rogue judges
The standoff between striking Algerian magistrates and the ministry of justice has brought the anti-government Hirak...
Algeria: Public banks prepare to strike on 10 November
The ongoing strike of judges and lawyers is giving a new momentum to unions operating in public banks. On October 30,...
Algeria: Turmoil within Algeria’s security services
The clan warfare pitting several senior and military leaders and their respective networks has affected deeply the...
When anti-regime movement intersects with labor unions: Algeria braces for major strikes
Now that back-to-school season is behind them, Algerians are shifting their focus on ratcheting up pressure on their...
French satellite operator Eutelsat suspends Al Magharibia TV per order of Algerian authorities, say opponents
French satellite operator Eutelsat suspended UK-based TV channel Al Magharibia after the Algerian authorities...
Algeria: Regime loses control of the economy, construction sector collapses
French version here- By Arezki Daoud - 10 October 2019: While the Algerian government is working to pass its 2020...
Algeria: All-out repression as military regime seeks to impose unpopular status quo
Algiers, Oct 8, 2019 - Algerian police Tuesday prevented a weekly protest by students in the capital for the first...
Algeria: Regime finds no helper, unable to replace PM Bedoui
The Algerian military command and its civilian allies (the regime) are reported to be unable to find a prime minister...
Algeria: West silent at arbitrary arrests and human rights abuses in Algeria
The west has had a great deal of sympathizing for the struggle of the people of Hong Kong. There has been an uproar...
Algeria: Forced election will destabilize the Mediterranean region
By Arezki Daoud - 4 October 2019: The Algerian political crisis is in its 33rd week with no sign of any of the...
Algeria: Military command plays its last card, political crisis reaching its climax
By Arezki Daoud - 1 October 2019: This is make-or-break moment for Algerian military chief General Ahmed Gaid Salah...
Algeria: Military court sentences former political and intelligence chiefs after only a one-day trial
Algiers, Sept 25, 2019 (AFP) - An Algerian military court has sentenced the brother of former president Abdelaziz...
Algeria: The rise and fall of a criminal- Head of disgraced FLN party, Mohamed Djemai is now in jail
Mohamed Djemai, the recently imposed head of the disgraced nationalist party FLN, and member of parliament...
Algeria: Frightened of popular revolt, military junta chief Gaid Salah bans access to Algiers
By Amal Belalloufi - Algeria's military has ordered police to block protesters from outside the capital entering...
Algeria: Military junta arrests opposition activist Fodil Boumala
Algiers, Sept 19, 2019 - An Algerian court on Thursday ordered the pre-trial detention of a leading figure in protests...
Algerians respond to military junta: thanks but no election!
Algiers, Sept 17, 2019 - Protesters massed in the Algerian capital on Tuesday to demand the cancellation of a...
Algerian regime challenges pro-democracy movement, announces election date
Algiers, Sept 15, 2019 - Algeria is to hold a presidential election on December 12, five months into a political...
Algeria: Military kidnaps popular opposition figure Karim Tabou, says he “demoralizes the army”
Opposition leader Karim Tabou was forcefully taken away on Wednesday, 11 September in early afternoon by unidentified...
Algeria: Justice administration wants immunity of notorious member of parliament Tliba lifted
Baha Eddine Tliba, the billionaire member of the Algerian parliament representing the eastern city of Annaba appears...
Thousands of Aigle Azur passengers stranded as Air France makes offer to acquire collapsed airline
Sept 9, 2019 - French flag carrier Air France on Monday offered to snap up its much smaller rival Aigle Azur after the...
Algeria: Purge in the military could undermine Algeria’s defensive effectiveness
Mass arrests have taken place in the ranks of the Algerian military in recent weeks, reliable sources said. Senior and...
Algeria: Amid row with army chief Gaid Salah, interim President’s absence from the presidency heightens speculations about his health
The fate of the Interim President Abdelkader Bensalah is sparking all sorts of speculation considering the ongoing row...
Algeria: With the deepening political crisis, here’s the most likely roadmap in the mind of army chief Gaid Salah
The chief of the Algerian military command, General Gaid Salah, has been the biggest opponent of a transition period....
Algeria: Junta chief General Gaid Salah insists on the impossible
Algiers, Sept 2, 2019 (AFP) - Algeria's powerful army chief called Monday for a vote to elect a successor to ousted...
Algeria: Heightened tension inside the Algerian military
Even before the official start date of the Hirak protest movement on 22 February 2019, the Algerian military...