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Tindouf camps a tinderbox waiting to explode

Clashes broke out between rival armed gangs in the Polisario-controlled Tindouf camps, after three separatists handed over their arms and defected to Morocco, while Algeria has killed Sahrawi youth prospecting for gold. All of these happened in a single month, as the noose tightens around Algiers and the Polisario proxies to accept Morocco’s autonomy plan […]

Algeria’s recycled army, civilian leadership turn back to Maghreb integration

Same old wine in a new bottle, an adage that sums up the swift succession at the helm of the Algerian regime with the passing away of the all-powerful Gaid Salah who was replaced by border general Said Chengriha. In Morocco, the mood regarding the recent developments in Algeria is on the wait and see, […]

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 of Algerians started pouring to the street putting pressure for the infirm President to step down. The call of Algeria’s army chief, Lt Gen Ahmed Gaed Salah, for the removal […]