Ahmed Al-Charaa, once a top jihadist leader, now rules Syria after toppling Bashar al-Assad. But his grip on power is...
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Franco-Algerian Diplomatic Relations in Turmoil
The Franco-Algerian diplomatic relations are going through a turbulent period. The latest signs of discord between...
Sahel: Mali and Canadian mining firm Barrick are talking again
Mali’s junta and Canadian gold mining firm Barrick Gold went back to the negotiating table to find a compromise in...
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...
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: 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: 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...
Sahel: Former PM Boubacar announces candidacy for Mauritania presidential race
Nouakchott, March 16, 2019 - Former prime minister Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar on Saturday announced he would stand in...
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...
Egyptian government likely using cyber-attacks against activists
March 6, 2019 - Amnesty International warned Wednesday that dozens of rights activists in Egypt have been put in...
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...
Algeria police arrest dozen journalists who were protesting against censorship
Algiers, Feb 28, 2019 - Algerian police arrested Thursday a dozen journalists protesting "censorship" of coverage of...
Algeria’s dangerous political gridlock
Algiers, Feb 28, 2019 - By Amal Belalloufi and Aymeric Vincenot: Mounting frustration at their ailing president's bid...
Algeria: With growing political unrest over fifth mandate for Bouteflika, regime operatives seek appeasement, avoid provocative language
There is a sense in the Algerian regime that the intensity of the current protests over President Bouteflika’s run for...
Algeria: With Bouteflika assured to win, his Prime Minister tells protesters the “ballot box will decide”
Algiers, Feb 25, 2019 - Algeria's prime minister on Monday insisted voters would determine if ailing President...
Egypt: Opposition party members arrested by Sisi regime
Cairo, Feb 23, 2019 - An Egyptian opposition party founded by Nobel laureate Mohamed El Baradei denounced Saturday a...
Algeria: Police use teargas to stop anti-Bouteflika protester in the capital
Algiers, Feb 22, 2019 - Clashes broke out in the Algerian capital Friday between security forces and demonstrators...
Libya: Growing ethnic conflict in southern Libya as Haftar’s army reaches Oubari
Oubari, Libya, Feb 22, 2019 (AFP) - In the southern Libyan city of Oubari, shops are shuttered and tension is...
Algeria: More protests against Bouteflika’s run for fifth term ($)
The North Africa Journal - February 19, 2019: An increasing number of Algerians are pushing back against a fifth...
Algeria: Security chiefs issue threats against opposition, get blatantly involved in politics ($)
The North Africa Journal: February 19, 2019: “Enemies from within, ungrateful and those who feed on daydreams and...
Algeria: National security boss fired
Algiers, Feb 13, 2019 - President Abdelaziz Bouteflika sacked Algeria's police chief on Wednesday, the interior...
European Parliamant adopts EU-Morocco fishing agreement, angering Polisario Front
Strasbourg, France, Feb 12, 2019 (AFP) - The European Parliament on Tuesday adopted a new fishing agreement with...
Libya: New offensive of self-proclaimed Marshal Haftar further destabilizes southern regions
Libya, Feb 7, 2019 - A military push in southern Libya which strongman Khalifa Haftar says is aimed at rooting out...
Mali: The rise of Wahhabism in Mali
Bamako, Feb 10, 2019 - Mali's chief Muslim leaders on Sunday called for the resignation of Prime Minister Soumeylou...
Algeria: Bouteflika allegedly confirms he will run, opposition calls it “irresponsible”
Ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika declared he will seek a fifth term in April elections in a message published by...
Algerians brace for a ‘President for Life’
Algiers, Feb 10, 2019 - Algeria's ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is to seek a fifth term in April elections,...
Egypt: Al Sisi, President for Life
Cairo, Feb 3, 2019 - Egyptian lawmakers on Sunday tabled proposed constitutional changes that would allow President...
Algeria: Mourad Medelci, Constitutional Council Chief and ally of the President, dies of illeness
The president of the Constitutional Council of Algeria, Mourad Medelci, 76, died early on 28 January after battling...