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Category: Algeria
Algeria: Defense Ministry denies Army Chief of Staff sacked amid feud with Bouteflika’s entourage
The Algerian defense ministry Monday brushed aside a statement from President Abdeelaziz Bouteflika’s office that Deputy Defense Minister, General Ahmed Gaïd Salah has been sacked. ... Read More
Impotent Bouteflika to resign before April 28
Following six weeks of protests, Algeria’s ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said he will resign before April 28, the date his fourth term ends. The 82-year-old, ... Read More
Algeria: Reuters reporter expelled for covering Friday demonstrations
Algerian authorities have expelled Reuters’s reporter Saturday for covering a demonstration against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and his regime staged by tens of thousands of Algerians. ... Read More
Algeria: Is Bouteflika stepping down Tuesday?
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika might step down from power Tuesday, April 2, two days after he named a caretaker government that will lead the country through ... Read More
Anti-Regime protests continue in Algiers for sixth week
Nearly 1 million Algerians staged the biggest demonstration yet for the sixth successive Friday, demanding the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and the ruling elite ... Read More
Algeria: Chairman of business leaders’ forum resigns after denied travel abroad
The chairman of Algerian business leaders’ forum has resigned from his position few days after he was banned from leaving the country and put on ... Read More
Algeria: dozens of pro-Bouteflika business tycoons barred from fleeing
Around 100 Algerian top business tycoons, including the leader of Algeria’s business forum, have been put on a blacklist and denied exit from the country ... 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
Marrakech: Ministers from Some 40 African Countries Meet to Support UN Process on Sahara
Morocco hosts this Monday in Marrakech an African Ministerial Conference on African Union’s support to the United Nations political process on Sahara. The event, which ... Read More
Russia refrains from supporting Bouteflika to secure long-term interest
Russia has surprisingly shied away from supporting the authoritarian status quo in Algeria as it seeks to secure its long term interest in the North ... Read More