Algeria Bound

Russian soldiers in the Algerian Sahara ($)F

Algeria has apparently taken a distance from Russia, largely under pressure from the west, but also due to factions of the regime being influenced by France. But Algeria is almost exclusively dependent on Russia for its military equipment and is therefore not able to...
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Algeria arrests four over dissident who fled to FranceF

Algerian authorities have placed four people in pre-trial detention over the "illegal" departure of wanted French-Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui, prosecutors said Tuesday. A prisoners' rights group said Bouraoui's 71-year-old mother had also been detained but later...
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Algeria arrests analyst Raouf Farrah, keeps elderly mother of opposition figure under court supervisionF

The mother of prominent French-Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui has been released from custody but remains under court supervision, a rights group said Monday, a week after her arrest.  Bouraoui had been banned from leaving Algeria after being sentenced to two years...
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Algeria sentences ex-president’s brother and advisor Said Bouteflika to 12 years in prisonF

An Algerian court has sentenced the brother of ousted president Abdelaziz Bouteflika to 12 years in prison for "corruption" and money laundering, local media reported Wednesday. The verdict against Said Bouteflika -- already serving time in a different case -- is the...
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