Algeria

Head of Chadian army claims troops kill Belmoktar

by News Sources 03.02.2013

The Associated Press reports: Chad’s military chief announced late Saturday that his troops deployed in northern Mali had killed Moktar Belmoktar, the terrorist who orchestrated the attack on a natural gas plant in Algeria that left 36 foreigners dead. The French military, which is leading the offensive against al-Qaida-linked rebels in Mali, said they could [...]

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‘The god of Algiers’

by News Sources 02.04.2013

Bruce Riedel writes: While [Algeria's President Abdelaziz] Bouteflika is the public face of the government, real power still resides with the generals. They avoid the public limelight and are known in Algiers as “le pouvoir,” the power behind the scenes. In the shadowy world of “le pouvoir,” the most powerful man is probably the head [...]

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Video: Unpacking Algeria’s hostage crisis

by News Sources 01.21.2013
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Algerian hostage siege: ‘It could only have ended with a massive assault’

by News Sources 01.18.2013

The Guardian reports: As the Algerian hostage siege continues and the death toll after an army assault remains uncertain, the military’s swift intervention with force appeared to be in keeping with its tough approach to insurgent operations in the wake of Algeria’s brutal civil war. The military-dominated regime in Algiers – which remains in place [...]

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Video: Is Algeria immune to the ‘Arab Spring’?

by News Sources 05.14.2012
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Algerian authorities on high alert in face of threat from unpopular protests

by News Sources 09.16.2011

Al Arabya reports: The Algerian interior ministry and security forces have been put on high alert in response to a call on Facebook for nationwide protests against President Abdul Aziz Boutefliqa and army generals seen as running the country behind the scenes on Saturday. The government on Thursday held high-level meetings and ordered its security [...]

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Algeria’s regime: out on a limb that looks set to fall

by News Sources 08.31.2011

Brian Whitaker writes: With three out of five countries now under new management along the north African coast, the spotlight is turning towards the remaining two: Algeria and Morocco. In Morocco, where a new constitution was approved in July, the king’s promises of reform may succeed in staving off a mass revolt – at least [...]

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Intifada update

by News Sources 03.06.2011

Egypt and Tunisia’s unfinished revolutions It’s been just seven weeks since President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali fled Tunisia, and just over three weeks since Hosni Mubarak was unceremoniously dumped from the presidency by the Egyptian military — but both countries have already unseated their interim prime ministers. Egypt’s Ahmed Shafiq on Wednesday followed last [...]

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Intifada update

by News Sources 02.19.2011

Gaddafi fights for his future as up to 200 die in Benghazi Libya was approaching a “tipping point” last night as widespread protests against Colonel Gaddafi’s regime were met with increasing violence from security forces. Dozens of protesters were reported killed by sniper fire from security forces in Benghazi, Libya’s second city, yesterday when violence [...]

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Intifada update

by News Sources 02.14.2011

Iran police fire tear gas at opposition rally in Tehran Iranian police have fired tear gas at opposition demonstrators gathering in central Tehran in support of the protests in Egypt. A BBC producer in the Iranian capital, who was affected by the gas, described central Tehran as “total chaos”. He said “severe clashes” were taking [...]

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Algeria’s midwinter uproar

by News Sources 01.22.2011

Jack Brown writes: Soon after the onset of protests which eventually toppled Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia, a wave of riots swept through Algeria as well, with many neighborhoods in the capital of Algiers and dozens of smaller cities overwhelmed by thousands of angry young men who closed down streets with burning tires, [...]

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