Sep 11, 2020 | Algeria, Menas Associates
Algeria’s President Abdelmajid Tebboune and his government are currently being embarrassed by revelations of the colossal fortune fraudulently accumulated by the late Army Chief of Staff, General Ahmed Gaïd Salah, (d. 23.12.19) and his family. Menas Associates’ own...
Aug 21, 2020 | Algeria, Menas Associates
The Algerian government’s new economic plan has been the subject of a two-day conference and the major focus of the past week’s news. The conference, held at Algiers’ Centre International de Conférences (CIC) on 18-19 August, was addressed by President Abdelmadjid...
Jul 29, 2020 | Algeria, Menas Associates
Algeria’s annual 5 July army day promotions are followed on 22 July each year by ‘La fête de la police algérienne’, which celebrates the founding of the Direction Générale de la Sûreté Nationale (DGSN) on 22 July 1962. This year, however, the police promotions...
Jul 10, 2020 | Algeria, Menas Associates
The Algerian regime’s new strategy of targeting its overseas opponents took on more substance last week with the attempt to have the most country’s most famous blogger, Amir Boukhors (a.k.a. Amir.dz), silenced in France. It sent seven international arrest warrants...
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...
