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Algerian regime arrests businessman Isaad Rebrab, lengthens prison term of opposition figure to eliminate competition to president’s second term
Photo: Algeria's richest man, Isaad Rebrab- The appeal trial of Ali Ghediri on May 16 and 17 ended with an increase of...
Podcast: The Fleecing of Libya: Billions of Dollars Missing and Everyone is at Fault
In the post-Gaddafi era, corruption in Libya is endemic and metastasized. The culture of corruption is so ubiquitous...
Algeria frees prominent war veteran Lakhdar Bouregaa
Algiers, Jan 2, 2020 (AFP) - Algeria released on Thursday well-known independence war veteran Lakhdar Bouregaa, who...
Tunisia: 28 ministers in PM Jemli’s incoming cabinet
Tunis, Jan 2, 2020 - Tunisia's prime minister-designate on Thursday unveiled a proposed government composed of...
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...
Moroccan regime confirms its zero tolerance to free speech
Rabat, Dec 26, 2019 - A Moroccan YouTuber (see photo) was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for "insulting...
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...
Tunisia: Can President Kais Saied deliver on his pledges
Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, Dec 17, 2019 - Tunisia's president on Tuesday commemorated the start of the uprising that...
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...
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: 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...
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...
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...
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...
Egypt’s parallel justice system
Paris, Nov 27, 2019 - Amnesty International warned on Wednesday that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's...
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...
Libya: Europe urges release of kidnapped Libyan lawmaker
Tripoli, Nov 17, 2019 - Thirteen European diplomatic missions in Libya, including the EU delegation, demanded Sunday...
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,...
Libya: Schools close, education minister pressured to resign
Tripoli, Nov 14, 2019 (By Nawas Al-Darraji) - A Libyan teachers' strike over salaries and "phantom" employees has...
Egypt’s dismal rights records exposed to global scrutiny
Geneva, Nov 14, 2019 - Egypt faced strong criticism at a UN review of its rights record Wednesday, with diplomats...
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...
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,...
Tunisia: National security advisor to the president submits resignation after dismissal of Defense Minister
Admiral Kamel Akrout, the first national security advisor to the Tunisian president resigned on Tuesday, October 29,...
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...
Sahel: Mali President facing unprecedented public backlash
Bamako, Oct 23, 2019 (By Amaury Hauchard and Serge Daniel) - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has few strong...
Morocco: Amnesty accuses Morocco of using spyware on rights activists
London, Oct 10, 2019 - Two rights activists in Morocco have been targeted by surveillance technology developed by an...
Sahel: Mali president Boubacar Keita dismisses coup speculation
Bamako, Oct 6, 2019 - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Sunday rejected as speculation talk of a military...
Egypt: Fear of more unrest prompts Sisi government to lower fuel prices
Cairo, Oct 4, 2019 - Egypt lowered fuel prices on Friday, the oil ministry said, following several rounds of price...
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...