Feb 7, 2019 | Algeria, Menas Associates
Algeria’s cocaine coast: a 300 kg shipment of cocaine was recovered by the coast guard near Skikda in January Besides the current state of limbo — as Algeria waits for confirmation about whether the ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika will run for a fifth term...
Jan 11, 2019 | Algeria, Menas Associates
A central figure of the regime’s Bouteflika clan, Saïd Bouteflika (left) and Army Chief of Staff General Ahmed Gaïd Salah (right) Algeria is now facing the very real threat of a rupture within the regime. For months, there has been talk about the in-fighting...
Nov 21, 2018 | Algeria, Menas Associates
Last week’s unexpected resignation of Djamel Ould Abbès as the ruling Front de Libération Nationale’s (FLN’s) Secretary-General — whether he is genuinely ill or was pushed out — makes a fifth term for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika even more uncertain. It has been...
Oct 25, 2018 | Algeria, Menas Associates
Algeria’s trend of targeting journalists is worrying. France-based blogger Amir Boukers, an Algerian who writes the Facebook blog under the hashtag name of AmarDZ, came under vicious attack from Anis Rahmani’s Arab-language Ennahar channel. Those suspected of helping...
Sep 9, 2018 | Algeria, Menas Associates
There has been considerable media speculation over a likely cabinet reshuffle in the autumn, with even the replacement of Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia being given serious discussion. But in light of the recent and extensive changes in the security forces, the general...
Jul 31, 2018 | Algeria, Menas Associates
In this month’s edition of Algeria Focus our lead consultant analyses the implications that Algeria will face over the coming months following the on-going changes which began with the ‘cocainegate’ scandal. General Ahmed Gaïd Salah’s intervention in...
