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Algerians maintain their anti-regime protests despite COVID-19F

ME Risk Brief: Large crowds surged this Friday, 13 March in Algiers and in many Algerian cities for the 56th week of the anti-government protest known as the Hirak movement. The public mobilization has taken place despite the risk of COVID-19 spreading among the...

Algeria: Court sentences opposition activist Karim Tabbou to one year in prison, set to be released next weekF

Algiers, March 11, 2020 - A court Wednesday sentenced Karim Tabbou, a key figure in Algeria's anti-government protest movement, to six months in prison for "undermining national unity", a lawyer said. Tabbou, who heads the small, unregistered opposition party UDS, has...

Sahel: US appoints new Sahel representativeF

Washington, March 8, 2020 - The State Department announced Sunday it had nominated J. Peter Pham, the envoy to Africa's Great Lakes region, as the first US special envoy for the Sahel crisis. Pham's nomination comes amid fears that the jihadist threat in the region is...

Algeria: Police prevent Saturday protest rally in AlgiersF

Algiers, March 7, 2020  - Algerian police arrested around ten demonstrators at an anti-government protest in Algiers on Saturday, an AFP journalist said. Nearly 300 protesters tried to march in the capital, prompted by calls online by the "Hirak" protest movement that...

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