Dec 3, 2019 | Algeria, Menas Associates
The past week has been dominated by two main stories: the second week of the election campaign and infighting amongst the army’s top generals. The main body of this issue of Algeria Politics & Security analyses the renewed infighting amongst the country’s most...
Nov 12, 2019 | Algeria, Menas Associates
The 12 December election will almost certainly go ahead but whether there will be an election campaign — or what sort it will be — is another matter altogether. Algeria’s former prime ministers and election frontrunners – Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Ali...
Oct 31, 2019 | Algeria, Menas Associates
The increasingly confrontational political climate will make this November a critical month. The current mood suggests that the regime-imposed 12 December election will be forced through, although many analysts and commentators still believe it will have to be...
Oct 16, 2019 | Algeria, Menas Associates
The World Bank’s 9 October report on Algeria expects the current political crisis to slow economic growth in both the hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon sectors. It now foresees GDP growth being reduced to 1.3% in 2019 compared to 1.5% last year. The arrest and...
Oct 1, 2019 | Algeria, Menas Associates
Algeria’s political environment is becoming increasingly and dangerously confrontational. If this spills over into violence — which does not look likely but could change quickly — there could be disastrous consequences. The immediate focus of confrontation is the...
Sep 19, 2019 | Algeria, Menas Associates
General Ahmed Gaïd Salah’s anger and disdain for the ongoing popular protests. While the Army Chief of Staff, General Ahmed Gaïd Salah, and his senior officers become more insistent that a presidential election will be held on or around 15 December, the peoples...
