French President Emmanuel Macron has requested that the government suspend visa exemptions for Algerian diplomatic and...
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Algeria Officially Joins ASEAN
Algeria just made a big splash on the global stage, officially joining ASEAN as a partner (What is Asean: An...
Sahel: Russia Replaces Wagner in Mali Under Pressure from Algeria, Touaregs Brace
As Wagner withdraws from Mali, Russia is not stepping away, but it’s reshaping its presence there. Under quiet...
Algeria: Private business sector swept away by protest movement, several businessmen under arrest
The protest movement in Algeria is having its first wave of collateral damage. With the judiciary active as never...
Algeria: The collapsing central state and the inevitable fall of the house of cards
By Arezki Daoud - 18 April 2019: A remnant of the Bouteflika regime, Tayeb Belaiz had the decency this week to resign...
Algeria: The Algiers mosque, symbol of the misguided vision of a leader that destroyed his country
Algiers, April 15, 2019 - Algeria's Abdelaziz Bouteflika may be gone, but his unfinished Great Mosque of Algiers looms...
Cheering pro-democracy movements or supporting autocratic rulers: a reticent America
Washington, April 12, 2019 - The United States initially cheered on the Arab Spring but as fresh popular uprisings...
Algerians find new interest in law and their constitution
Algiers, April 12, 2019 - By Claire Doyen - Sitting in a living room transformed into a makeshift classroom, Algerians...
Algeria: Time is not on the Side of the Protest Movement
There is a clear stalemate in Algiers these days, although time is favoring the regime and those calling the shots in...
Algeria resurrecting major graft probes as police raid Sonatrach and Public Works ministry and ban hundreds from leaving the country
The North Africa Journal - 11 April 2019 - On 7 April 2019, the Algerian security authorities established a new list...
Algeria: Turmoil and leadership crisis at the ruling parties
The North Africa Journal - 11 April 2019 - There is an unprecedented level of tension within the ruling FLN and RND...
Algeria: Major shake-up of the Algerian intelligence services underway
The North Africa Journal - 11 April 2019: Several senior officers who directed various intelligence agencies during...
With the ousting of Bouteflika and al-Bashir, should others be concerned?
April 11, 2019 - Strongmen in the Middle East and North Africa will be eyeing warily popular protests, fed by...
Algeria: Rejected by the Algerian people, the old guard remains in power
Algiers, April 9, 2019 - By Claire Doyen - Algerian lawmakers appointed a regime stalwart as interim president...
Algeria: Growing unease with the role of the Generals in the Algerian transition
By Arezki Daoud - Tomorrow Friday, 5 April 2019, there will be rain in the morning in Algiers, but it will likely...
Algeria: Pressure grows on remaining Bouteflika operatives to resign
Algiers, April 4, 2019 - Algerians are planning mass protests Friday in a key test of whether they can keep up the...
Algeria: The men tasked to drive the post-Bouteflika transition and why people don’t trust them
By Arezki Daoud - April 3, 2019: There have been loud voices calling for a clean slate in the Algerian system of...
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Algeria: President Bouteflika resigns
The North Africa Journal: The Algerian President, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, officially notified the President of the...
Algeria: Expect unprecedented purge of the Bouteflika clan, as Algerians seeks to uproot the “deep state”
By Arezki Daoud: 2 April 2019: For now, all of the named individuals and companies listed here are innocent of any...
Algeria: Bouteflika to resign this month, in a sketchy transition period likely to keep protests going
By Arezki Daoud - April 1, 2019: No, this is not an April fools' prank, the battered President of Algeria, Abdelaziz...
Algeria: Bouteflika backer and businessman Ali Haddad arrested
Algiers, March 31, 2019 - Ali Haddad, one of Algeria's top businessmen and a backer of ailing President Abdelaziz...
Algeria: New Algerian government cabinet will fail to ease political tension
Photo: New protests in the capital Algiers after announcement of new government cabinet. Algiers, March 31, 2019 -...
Algeria: Private jets banned from flying out of Algeria, amid reports of arrest of pro Bouteflika businessman Ali Haddad
Algiers, March 31, 2019 - Algeria, which has been hit by weeks of anti-government protests, on Sunday banned all...
Algeria: Opposition sees the General’s call for impeachment of president as a ploy to maintain regime
By Arezki Daoud - 26 March 2019: Army chief Ahmed Gaid Salah made a stunning recommendation today (March 26) when he...
Algeria: Central Bank seeks to appease growing public fear over capital flight as political crisis persists
There has been growing public fear over regime operatives moving money from Algeria to foreign banks. Rumors have been...
Algeria: Media campaign against financial backers of Bouteflika: the Kouninef brothers
The North Africa Journal - 26 March 2019: The Kouninef brothers have been the focal point of several influential...
Algeria: General Gaid Salah proposes impeachment of Bouteflika as a way out of the crisis
March 26, 2019 - Algeria's army chief called Tuesday for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to be declared unfit to...
The Algerian crisis: Are we seeing the end of the tunnel?
(Photo: some highly criticized regime operatives, including Sidi Said (center with no suit), the disgraced head of...
Algeria: Petroleum sector facing uncertainty as political crisis escalates
By Arezki Daoud - 21 March 2019: Echoing the positions of many of the foreign companies operating in Algeria, peaking...
Algeria: Exxon-Sonatrach talks on gas project stall as political crisis in Algeria deepens and fate of Sonatrach CEO at risk
The North Africa Journal - 20 March 2019: US oil firm Exxon Mobil suspended discussions with Algeria’s state-own...
Algeria: After major protests, all eyes on the regime
Algiers, March 16, 2019 - Tens of thousands of Algerian protesters have dismissed President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's...
Another day of protest in Algeria
Algiers, March 13, 2019 - Hundreds of school teachers and students protested in the Algerian capital on Wednesday amid...
Algeria: Regime clings to power, gives minor concessions to Algeria people
Algiers, March 12, 2019 - Thousands of protesters returned to Algeria's streets Tuesday after jubilation over...
Algeria: Despite announcing a pull out from presidential race and postponement of elections, Bouteflika is going nowhere
Algeria's presidential message that Bouteflika is pulling out from the presidential race is 3/4th victory for...
Algeria protests shift to the next phase of nationwide strike, as regime ponders what to do
(Audio version above, on iTunes, and on Android, on YouTube, or download MP3) - Opinion by Arezki Daoud: 10 March...
Egypt’s Sisi frightened by Algerian protests, warns his people to not dare
Cairo, March 10, 2019 - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned Sunday against the dangers of protesting, in...
Franco-Algerians protest against Bouteflika
Paris, March 10, 2019 - Thousands of Algerian-origin protesters demonstrated in Paris and other cities around France...
Algeria: Court releases blogger Merzoug Touati
Algiers, March 4, 2019 (AFP) - An Algerian court ordered a blogger released on time served Monday after finding him...
Algeria: TV presenter Nadia Madassi resigns after forced to read Bouteflika letter
Algiers, March 4, 2019 (AFP) - An Algerian state television presenter resigned Monday because she was angry that she...
Algeria: Regime insists on fifth term, people push against
Algiers, March 4, 2019 - Algerians on Monday dismissed President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's promise to quit early if...
Algeria says candidate with former French citizenship ineligible to run for president
Algiers, March 4, 2019 - When an Algerian businessman was ruled ineligible to stand in April's presidential election,...
Algeria: Anti-regime protests intensify, as hundreds of thousands of people return to the street to oppose status quo
Update2: Algiers, March 1, 2019 - Several people were hurt Friday in violent clashes between police and protesters in...