First Independent Mena Newspaper
The head of the Algerian army Wednesday threw his support behind interim President’s last week call a national and neutral dialogue in view of setting a date presidential elections. Interim President Abdelkader Bensalah’s call was rejected by new demonstrations and a forum of opposition parties and political activists on Saturday who demanded elections in six-month […]
A group Algerian opposition parties and civil society groups Saturday demanded authorities to hold election in six months as the North African gradual inches towards constitutional vacuum with interim President’s mandate ending July 9. Gathered under the National Forum for Dialogue, the participants reportedly called for “free and pluralistic” elections” overseen by an independent body. […]
The Algerian Parliament Tuesday elected leader of the upper chamber of the Parliament as the country’s interim President for 90 days in replacement of Abdelaziz Bouteflika who stepped down one week ago. Both chambers of the Algerian Parliament met Tuesday to elect an interim President to fill in the vacuum left by ailing Bouteflika who […]
The frail health of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is reflected in the Algerian diplomacy that has lost track as it continues to accumulate failures on multiple fronts. Algiers’s Arab diplomacy after its participation in the Arab league’s 28th Summit in Amman shows an inaudible voice and most of all an incapacity to forge new alliances in […]