This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
Tag: Abdealziz Bouteflika
Cash-handouts will not help Algeria gain influence in region
As a state entertaining a rentier economy, Algeria has long sought to gain influence in Africa and the Arab region through cash handouts during the ... Read More
Algerian army declares Bouteflika ‘unfit to lead’
The Algerian army, the kingmaker in the Algerian political order, has finally stated the obvious by declaring “Bouteflika unfit to lead,” four weeks after millions ... Read More
Ailing Bouteflka to officially run for fifth term
The ruling FLN party has ended suspense by naming President Bouteflika as its candidate for a fifth term in April 18 elections. The move comes ... Read More
Algeria: Will the Military Intervene ?
With the political crisis deepening in Algeria wherein social anger is mounting and the economic situation is worsening, the struggle for power between the elite ... Read More
Power Struggle: Algerian Assembly Elects New Speaker
Algeria’s National Assembly on Wednesday elected Mouad Bouchareb, 47, as new speaker by 320 votes with one absentee. Mouad Bouchareb will now replace Saïd Bouhadja ... Read More
Algeria’s Boiling South Bears Seeds of ‘chaotic implosion’- Algerian Opposition Leader
An imminent implosion is threatening Algeria’s stability as several regions of its south are boiling in protest over decades of economic marginalization, said Algerian opposition ... Read More
Iran’s Foreign Minister visits Algeria over Syrian, Gulf Crisis
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived Sunday in the Algerian capital for a two-day visit to discuss crises in the Gulf littoral states, namely ... Read More
North African Leaders Express Optimism Following Macron’s Victory
As is the case with France and mainstream Europe, North Africa on France’s Mediterranean neighbourhood breath a sigh of relief after Centrist Emanuel Macron decisively ... Read More
Algerian Regime Resorts to Mosques to Counter Voter Apathy
Faced with widespread voter apathy and growing calls to boycott the legislative polls of May 4, the Algerian regime stumbles desperately to keep the political ... Read More
Algeria Denies Access to Moroccan Journalists, Lags behind in Press Freedom
After abandoning Syrian refugees on the Moroccan borders in harsh conditions, Algeria proceeded to impose a ban on foreign journalists who have criticized this inhumane ... Read More