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Algeria is committing “acts of physical endangerment” with revenge arrestsF

April 3, 2020 - Reporters Without Borders has accused Algeria's government of taking advantage of the coronavirus epidemic to "settle scores" with independent journalists, including those covering long-running anti-government protests. In a statement co-signed with...
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Tunisia wants global approach to pandemic, but Security Council in disarrayF

April 1, 2020 - Tunisia has proposed a UN Security Council resolution calling for "urgent international action" to curb the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, a draft obtained Wednesday by AFP shows. In broad terms, the draft resolution echoes UN Secretary-General...
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Algeria: Inner-clan warfare continues inside the regime, ex-head of police gets stiff prison sentenceF

Algiers, April 1, 2020 - An Algerian court issued heavy prison sentences Wednesday to a powerful former police chief and his family for illicit gains and misappropriation of land, local media reported.  Abdelaghani Hamel, a former national security director-general,...
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Algeria: A dictator’s cozy retirement and the whereabouts of BouteflikaF

Algiers, March 31, 2020 - A year after the unexpected downfall of Algeria's longtime president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the ailing octogenarian remains holed up in his plush and medically adapted home, with his detractors still demanding justice. Bouteflika assumed the...
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