February 2nd, 2006 / December 12th, 2016
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Baffling Shake-up within Algerian Regime Entities continues to raise Questions
While neither the presidency nor the Ministry of Defense provided any official explanation for the dismissals, local media outlets, observers and opposition figures have increasingly linked the wave of replacements to the 2019 presidential elections,...France’s Recognition of Colonial Crimes in Algeria Gets Mixed Response
His statements were welcomed in Algeria, but they caused extensive debate in France, where Macron was criticized by the far-right Front National party competing with him in the presidential race. Soon after being elected, however, Macron announced a new...Migration Flows Push EU to Strengthen Ties with Algeria
Although combating irregular migration and human smuggling in the Sahel region was already imminent in 2010, its significance for the EU and its member states such as Germany has increased massively since 2015. It is therefore expected that Germany and...Algeria’s Government Under Attack for Chaotic Handling of Cholera Outbreak
Cholera is easily diagnosable and any delay is unforgivable. If this becomes an epidemic today, it is because of the delay in reporting and taking preventive measures.Algerian Blogger Merzoug Touati, Jailed for Espionage, Suspends Hunger Strike
Merzoug Touati was arrested in Béjaïa in January 2017 and subsequently accused of ‘incitement to non-armed gathering’, ‘foreign intelligence aimed at harming diplomatic ties’ and ‘incitement to gatherings and sit-ins in public spaces’. In May 2018, he ...Cocaine Seizure Stirs Up Algerian Politics Ahead of Presidential Elections
The implication of government officials in drug trafficking is not surprising, Matthew Herbert, a research fellow with the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, told Fanack Chronicle. “This mirrors similar efforts by traffickers and b...Algeria Rejects UN Comments that Crackdown on Migrants is ‘Deeply Alarming’
Following Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia’s appointmentd in August 2017, Algerian authorities further escalated their crackdown on sub-Saharan nationals and have intensified their arrest and expulsion campaigns of migrant workers and refugees ever since. I...Algeria’s Ruling FLN Calls on Bouteflika to Run for a Fifth Term
Hundreds of FLN supporters were brought to the area by bus, waving pictures of Bouteflika and the Algerian flag at what the news website TSA Algérie called an informal election campaign kick-off and highlighted the absence of Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia, ...
