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It’s Quasi Official: Bouteflika Candidate to his Own Succession in 2019

Algeria’s ailing President Abdul Aziz Bouteflika, in power since 1999, will be candidate to his own succession in 2019. The no-news was announced Sunday by the head of Bouteflika’s ruling National Liberation Front Djamel Ould Abbes. Outgoing President Bouteflika will be the party’s candidate at the presidential elections set for April 2019, the FLN Secretary […]

AU 31st Summit Marks Algeria’s African Demise

Algeria’s voice is becoming increasingly inaudible in the African Union as it continues to be rebuked by international NGOs for its ill-treatment of Sub-Saharan migrants. The 31st summit, held in Nouakchott July 1-2, clearly shows that the Pan-African organization is breaking free of the Algiers-Pretoria pro-Polisario axis, which has been using the African Union for […]

Algerian military regime trades safety of citizens to serve Polisario separatist cause

More than 37 people died and over 200 others were injured due to dozens of wildfires in Algeria’s east, triggering backlash at a government that failed to acquire the necessary means to extinguish forest fires. The tragedy is a déjà-vu in a country where over 200 people, mostly in the restive Kabylie region, lost their […]