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Long ruling Bouteflika has stepped down after popular protests leaving behind him an embattled economy vulnerable to international oil prices. After years of unsustainable spending, Algeria’s foreign exchange reserve shrunk to cover only four years of imports making it difficult to sustain a generous subsidy system that has bought peace at the expense of financial […]
Algerian security authorities have put under house arrest the two brothers of ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika as part of a clean-up of the regime that ruled the country for two decades, El Watan reports. Saïd Bouteflika and Abderrahim aka Nacer have seen their actions and movements restricted, according to the local media. The reports came following […]
Algeria has shown reluctancy to support its southern neighbors in their joint efforts to counter terrorism through the G5 force, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in a recent study. Algeria “has shown itself willing to export security threats to Mali to secure its own territory and safeguard its oil and gas exploitation sites,” […]
Former Algerian leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika in a letter to the nation has begged for forgiveness over wrongdoings that occurred during his two-decade stay in power, the state-run news agency APS reported. The reign of Algeria’s Abdelaziz Bouteflika came to a sorry close on Tuesday as his 20-year tenure as president ended in a badly-lit room […]
The abdication of ailing President Bouteflika has been met with celebrations on the streets of Algiers but his downfall only confirms the power-grab of the military over the Algerian political scene. The six weeks of protests that have rocked Algeria demanding the stepping down of the ailing President and the oligarchs in power were conducive […]
The UN Secretary General reported to the UN Security Council the repeated protests taking place in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps in Algeria, with the participation of hundreds of people living in these camps and the continuous violations by the separatist front of the Military Agreements and the Security Council Resolutions as well as its hampering […]
Immediately after the announcement of the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algerians took to the street to celebrate the move. express their joy after the. Thousands of Algerians flocked to Audin Square in Algiers to express their joy. The same celebration took place downtown all other major cities of the country. The departure of the […]
Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced his resignation after six weeks of mass protests and apparent cracks within the regime pitting the army against the President’s circle. Indeed a humiliating way for infirm Bouteflika to leave office, he who nurtured hope to die President by pressuring for a constitutional reform to enable him to exceed two terms and […]
The resolution of the Sahara conflict would require “strong political will, not just from the parties and neighboring states, but also from the international community”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday in his report to the Security Council. “A solution to the conflict is possible”, he stressed in his report that takes into account the […]
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. The office of the 82-year old President who is also Defense Minister reportedly circulated a statement announcing the dismissal of Salah. The statement said Bouteflika appointed General Said Bey to […]