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...
Mar 20, 2019 | Algeria, Menas Associates
With strong public protest against the Bouteflika regime, it is unclear what the future holds in store for Algeria Throughout March, many political parties, civil society associations, personalities and professional organisations called for mass demonstrations on...
Feb 22, 2019 | Algeria, Menas Associates
A Bouteflika fifth term could lead to widespread demonstrations and riots in Algeria While President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s announcement that he will contest the April 2019 election may have removed the suspense about a fifth term, there has also been a sense that it...
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...
