Apr 1, 2020 | Algeria, Menas Associates
The events of March — notably the suspension of the Hirak; the onset of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic; the Karim Tabbou affair; and the collapse in the oil price — are likely to have transformational implications for the country. To these might be added the...
Mar 18, 2020 | Algeria, Menas Associates
Major-General Ammar Athamnia has been appointed as Commander of Land Forces to replace Major General Saïd Chengriha who, in turn, replaced the late General Ahmed Gaïd Salah as Chief of the General Staff. In turn, Major-General Noureddine Hambli has replaced Athamnia...
Feb 20, 2020 | Algeria, Menas Associates
Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad’s recent presentation to parliament of the Algerian government’s action plan — notably the section on the economy — was dominated by: its criticisms of the Bouteflika era and especially the eight months of his predecessor...
Feb 5, 2020 | Algeria, Menas Associates
Friday 31 January was the Hirak’s 50th Friday demonstration which is already being called the Hirak Jubilee. The turnout may have been marginally smaller which was possibly because some people were deterred from coming onto the street following the regime’s allegation...
Jan 22, 2020 | Algeria, Menas Associates
Surprisingly, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has not appointed a single Minister for the Economy. This means that ten members of the new government share the main economic files in facing the country’s currently alarming financial situation. The ten and their profiles...
Jan 22, 2020 | Algeria, Menas Associates
Politics & Policy Algeria enters 2020 in a state of extreme political uncertainty with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune — who was illegally elected on 12 December on the orders of an army head who died eleven days later — having little or no legitimacy and a newly...
