Tag: Algeria

Algeria to hunt down some France-based nationals for ill-gotten wealth

August 28, 2020

Algeria has launched its campaign to recover wealth stolen by France-based members of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s circle. The justice of the North African country ... Read More

Algeria: The press freedom climate has changed for the worse

August 27, 2020

Two weeks after the imprisonment of a high-profile Algerian journalist, a former reporter has been sentenced to prison for his online commentary, cementing fears that ... Read More

Algeria looks to export $5bn home-manufactured medicine

August 26, 2020

Algeria is aiming at exporting $5 billion of manufactured medicine with help of local producer, Lotfi Benbahmed, minister of Pharmaceutical industry said Tuesday. “We are ... Read More

Algeria to hold referendum on new constitution

August 25, 2020

Algeria will hold on November 1 a referendum on the new draft constitution, which grants more power to the parliament and the Prime Minister following ... Read More

EU-Algeria FTA deal heading for deadlock

August 25, 2020

The long awaited Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Algeria and the European Union, expected to enter into force Sept.1, risks to be botched up as ... Read More

Algeria: Several top military commanders sacked as part of army shakeup

August 20, 2020

Several senior military officers were sacked Wednesady, as the shakeup of the Algerian army continues. According to a statement by the Defense Ministry, General-major Abdelkader ... Read More

Another Algerian journalist faces 3 years in prison

August 18, 2020

An Algerian court Monday charged a journalist with “undermining national unity” and requested a three years in jail sentence. The prosecution at a court in ... Read More

UNHRC establishes Algeria’s responsibility in kidnapping of polisario dissident, Ahmed Khalil

August 15, 2020

The UN Human Rights Committee (HRC), a body monitoring compliance by signatory states to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, has established the ... Read More

Algerian opposition leader draws similarities between Lebanese, Algerian tragedies

August 13, 2020

Lebanon and Algeria, two countries led by corrupt elites who hijacked the ambitions of youth to democracy and prosperity, share many of their plagues, according ... Read More

Tindouf Camps: Polisario fails to allay growing concerns over coronavirus spread

August 13, 2020

The polisario leaders are vainly making reassuring statements on the coronavirus situation in the Tindouf camps. However, the Sahrawis sequestered in the Tindouf camps, Southern ... Read More