Jun 30, 2020 | Algeria, Menas Associates
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced a major cabinet reshuffle on 23 June, the first since he took office six months ago. We believe that it has more to do with economics than politics, with both the appointment of ministers and the creation of new...
Jun 19, 2020 | Algeria, Menas Associates
According to Algérie Part and key Facebook pages, Sonatrach’s CEO, Toufik Hakkar, feels that his job is under threat and is doing everything possible to get rid of senior managers who could undermine his position. Given the regularity with which the regime removes...
May 27, 2020 | Algeria, Menas Associates
The government has spent much of the past month preparing for a new, supplementary budget (Loi de Finance) for 2020. This is scheduled to be presented to the People’s National Assembly on 26 May and the Council of the Nation (senate) on 31 May. As a result of the...
May 8, 2020 | Algeria, Menas Associates
We have receiving several uncorroborated reports of another wave of unrest in the Tindouf refugee camps. Information from the Polisario and Algerian controlled Sahrawi refugee camps at the western end of Tindouf wilaya is always difficult to verify. In recent years,...
Apr 29, 2020 | Algeria, Menas Associates
The dismissal and subsequent arrest of General Bouazza Ouassini — the powerful head of the Direction Général de la Sécurité Intérieure (DGSI) — was not unexpected, as Algeria Focus has explained in considerable depth over the past three months. Nevertheless, it has...
Apr 15, 2020 | Algeria, Menas Associates
The reinvigorated Hirak — in combination with the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis and collapsing oil prices — suggest that Algeria is heading into a perfect storm in which the line is being increasingly sharply drawn between the people (the Hirak) and the military regime....
