Algeria
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24.09.2019
Russia and Algeria: Decades of Friendship and Military and Technical Cooperation
Algeria, a large Arab country in North Africa, has had a friendly relationship with the Russian Federation for quite some time. In 1960, during a bloody 8-year war for Algerian independence from France, the Soviet Union recognized the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic. In 1963, when the war ended, the USSR sent a team […]
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30.06.2019
Ongoing Crackdown on Algerian Elites doesn’t Make Things Easier for Anyone
Right after the start of the protest movement in Algeria last February, a number of high-profile representatives of the now deposed Bouteflika government faced corruption charges. Some of the cases involving power abuse and government funds theft are still being heard by local courts. In late May, the Algerian Supreme Court started entertaining graft accusations […]
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18.04.2019
Confusion Dominates as Algeria Heads into Troubled Waters
With the presidential election day approaching in Algeria, the sheer number of political forces aiming to secure power in this troubled state leaves geopolitical analysts bewildered and confused. Those trying hard to explain the situation that slips out of control rapidly are also trying to establish who was behind the recent anti-government protests on top […]
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05.04.2019
Washington is Stepping Up its Destabilization Efforts in Algeria
Following weeks of mass protests, the 82-year-old Algerian president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who has been in power for well over two decades, announced his resignation. What this basically means is that Algeria that used to be considered a no-go country by Western intelligence communities due to the harsh stance that Algiers took on opposing their activities, […]
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15.03.2019
Are Algerian Protests a Color Revolution?
The ongoing protests against the sitting president Abdelaziz Bouteflika that remained at the helm of Algerian politics for two decades and was going to run for the office for the fifth time have led to an abrupt deterioration in the political situation in this country. As a matter of fact, the Bouteflika government has been […]
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01.08.2018
Is Algeria the Litmus Test for Modern Colonialism?
Once the central hub of Carthaginian power in ancient times, Algeria today is one of Africa’s most prosperous nations. However, prosperity these days comes at a heavy cost to the people of the world, and Algerians are mightily weighed down like most other nations by greedy oligarchs and vested foreign interests. Here’s a short take […]
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21.12.2014
Secret Meeting in Algiers
On December 4, 2014 Maghreb Confidential, a newspaper published in Paris and focusing on reviewing political and economic events in the North Africa, reported on a secret meeting in Algiers between two iconic Libyan leaders. These are Ali Sallabi, a theologist known for his clerical views, presently the spiritual father of the Al-Fajr Islamist coalition, […]
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23.10.2014
New Dimensions of Terrorism in Algeria
Terrorism persists as one of the most serious problems in Algeria despite the tough stance of the military and security forces on its harsh neutralization. The recent murder of a French citizen in Kabylia, not far from the Algerian capital, “in retaliation for France’s participation in American bombings of Islamic State group positions in Iraq”, […]
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18.10.2014
Algeria at a Crossroads in its Political Development
Despite efforts by Algeria’s ruling elite to keep the country afloat amid environment in which the president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, is old and seriously ill and the senior figures in the administration, parliament, the armed forces and the security services have surpassed the age of 70, Algeria continues to inch toward a severe political crisis. For […]
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06.01.2014
Algeria rushes into space
While a significant part of the Arab world has been forced to suffer the consequences of the so-called “Arab Spring” and radicalization of society, leading to increasing internal and external isolation, Algeria has made a bid for national creative accomplishments and strengthening of its international authority by the upcoming launch of the country’s third satellite […]
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10.07.2013
Algeria is on the brink of crisis
According to the local press, the head of the Algerian Intelligence and Security Department (ISD) General Mohamed Mediene, the true mastermind of the Algerian politics widely known by his nickname “Toufik” is seriously ill. This can erode the current balance of powers in Algeria, since the political vacuum occurred due the absence of the sitting […]
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04.06.2013
Algeria on the Verge of Change
Recent news in the Western and, primarily, the French media about the health of Algeria’s president are being used by the many enemies of that state’s independent politics to spread speculation and make predictions about the future of that excellent freedom loving country. On April 27, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was treated for cerebrovascular disease in […]