Aug 21, 2019 | Algeria, Menas Associates
In spite of distractions from Eid el-Adha and the summer holidays, both the 9 August mass demonstration and the weekly student demonstration of 13 August have sent powerful messages to the regime and to Algeria as a whole. The mere fact that they took place — in a...
Jul 10, 2019 | Algeria, Menas Associates
A number of sectors in the Algerian economy are experiencing serious difficulties related to the current political crisis and the associated anti-corruption campaign. The result could tip the country into recession by the end of the year. The Association Générale des...
Jun 12, 2019 | Algeria, Menas Associates
Source: Morocco World News Current assessments of the situation in Algeria by the Hirak (large scale demonstration) activists may be a little over-optimistic. The summer could see a concerted effort by the regime — nominally headed by acting head of state Abdelkader...
May 14, 2019 | Algeria, Menas Associates
Army Chief of Staff General Ahmed Gaïd Salah’s moves against opposition political parties in will only inflame the tensions between the army and the large scale weekly demonstrations The move to arrest former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s powerful younger...
Apr 17, 2019 | Algeria, Menas Associates
Sonatrach CEO Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour may be a next target of Chief of Staff Ahmed Gaïd Salah There has been speculation for some time as to what might happen to Sonatrach’s CEO, Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour, if Abdelaziz Bouteflika was replaced as president. Since Army...
Apr 3, 2019 | Algeria, Menas Associates
For over a month the streets of Algiers and most of the country’s other towns and cities have been filled by hundreds of thousands – and in some cases millions – of demonstrators. They have been demanding an end to not only President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s...
