12 October, 2021 | Algeria, Menas Associates
Algeria is in an effective state of undeclared martial law. The country’s most powerful body is the Haut Conseil de Sécurité (HCS). It is only supposed to intervene when the country is threatened by: an insecurity crisis; a threat of foreign aggression; or major...
21 September, 2021 | Algeria, Menas Associates
Abdelaziz Bouteflika was a dominant figure in Algerian politics for more than six decades. Most notably, he was its longest-serving president, from 1999–2019. He died from cardiac arrest on 17 September at his medically equipped state residence at Zeralda at the age...
14 September, 2021 | Algeria, Menas Associates
A measure of Algeria’s economic crisis is that Chinese investors are looking elsewhere in Africa to develop projects under less arduous business conditions. In 2020 there were around 1,100 Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) cooperation projects in Africa but Algeria...
31 August, 2021 | Algeria, Menas Associates
After several weeks of anticipation, Algeria has finally cut diplomatic relations with Morocco because of what Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra described as a proliferation of ‘hostile acts’ by Rabat. He announced the decision on 24 August but, as Algeria...
10 August, 2021 | Algeria, Menas Associates
Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour (b.1951) — who was Sonatrach CEO in 2017-2019 — was extradited from the UAE to Algeria on 4 August. Algeria’s Justice Ministry’s economic and financial criminal unit is pursuing him in two cases concerning: the disadvantageous 2018...
27 July, 2021 | Algeria, Menas Associates
The Pegasus spy scandal was breaking as Algeria Politics & Security – 20.07.21 went to press. Our very limited reporting of it was possibly misleading because some of the international media, from whom we gathered our initial information, gave the impression...
