Tag: Algeria

Algeria’s FLN narrowly wins local polls (Arab News)

FNL, which led the country's war of independence from France and was for decades its only party, won 5,978 seats nationwide Saturday's vote was an...

Algeria welcomes ‘reasonable’ French comments amid row (Al Jazeera)

Algeria has welcomed comments from the office of French President Emmanuel Macron expressing regret over a dispute sparked by his criticism of the former...

Algeria accuses Morocco of fatal attack on three truck drivers (Al Monitor)

Algeria blamed Morocco on Wednesday for a roadside bombing that killed three Algerian truck drivers, an accusation leveled amid mounting tensions between the North...

Algeria: Effort to Dissolve Prominent Civic Association (HRW)

Algerian authorities should drop their effort to dissolve a prominent civil society group over alleged violation of the law on associations, five international human rights...

Algeria demands France’s ‘total respect’: President (Al Jazeera)

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune demanded France’s “total respect”, following a diplomatic row over visas and critical comments from Paris about the North African country. Algeria...

Why is Algeria angry at Emmanuel Macron? (Al Jazeera)

France and Algeria have had a complicated relationship for decades. Although French colonial rule ended in the 1960s – France has often been accused of...

Algeria recalls envoy to France after ‘inadmissible interference’ (Al Jazeera)

Algeria accused its former colonial ruler France of “genocide” and recalled its ambassador from Paris in anger over what it said were “inadmissible” comments...

Algeria recalls ambassador to France for consultations (Al Jazeera)

The Algerian presidency did not immediately give a reason for the move Algeria has recalled its ambassador to France for consultations, though the reason...

Mourned by some, cursed by others, former President Bouteflika left Algeria ill-prepared for the future (Andrew G. Farrand, Atlantic Council)

Shortly before midnight on September 17, news began circulating in Algeria that the country’s longest-serving former president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, had passed away. While tales of...

Algeria. L’Algeria ordina quattro aerei anfibi Beriev Be-200 (Maurizio Sparacino, Analisi Difesa)

I recenti e devastanti incendi che hanno praticamente colpito ogni angolo del globo (Italia, Russia, Turchia, Stati Uniti, Algeria, Grecia, Portogallo, Perù, etc,) hanno...

China/Algeria. China launches new warship for Algeria, more powerful than domestic counterpart: reports (Global Times)

Liu Xuanzun China has launched an offshore patrol vessel for the Algerian navy based on the design of the Type 056 corvette which is also...

Libya – Libya’s peace process: What’s at stake for the Maghreb, 10 years after Gadhafi’s overthrow (Brookings)

Yasmina Abouzzohour Adecade after the overthrow of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi, Libya is set to hold elections this December to produce a unified government. As...

Algeria – “The Hirak is not only the Space of Subjective Liberation but also that of the Collective One”: Interview with Algerian Psychoanalyst Karima...

A few months before the Hirak began in February 2019, the Algerian psychoanalyst Karima Lazali published Colonial Trauma: A Study of the Psychic and Political...

(Algeria) Algeria police probe teen protester’s claim of sex abuse (Al Jazeera)

The 15-year-old was arrested in Algiers during a protest as part of the pro-democracy Hirak movement. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/4/algeria-police-probe-teen-protesters-claim-of-sex-abuse

(Algeria) Algeria issues ‘terrorism’ warrants for exiled activists (Al Jazeera)

Warrants come as Algeria’s anti-government Hirak protest movement are boosting weekly rallies ahead of the June elections. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/22/algeria-issues-terrorism-warrants-for-exiled-activists

(China/Algeria/Morocco) China’s chance to bridge the Algeria–Morocco divide (East Asia Forum)

Michaël Tanchum and Nerea Álvarez-Aríztegui, University of Navarra China is at a crossroads as it expands its economic presence in Northwest Africa. Heightening tensions between...