As North African leaders fall in quick succession there is a reawakening of Islamist ambitions in Algeria
2011 has seen a number of long-standing North African leaders fall in quick succession. In this new political landscape, Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, now in his third term, has become something of an oddity. And after parliamentary elections in Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt saw breakthrough results for Islamist parties, Bouteflika is now reassessing his relationship [...]
Three dead, 800 injured, 1,000 arrests in Algeria – minister
ALGIERS, January 9, 2011 (AFP) – Three people have been killed and over 800 injured in riots in Algeria linked to rising food costs and unemployment, Sunday’s press quoted the interior minister as saying. Interior Minister Dahou Ould Kablia also said that around 1,000 protestors had been arrested, many of them minors, and were beginning to [...]
Police guard mosques, university amid Algeria riots
ALGIERS (AFP) – Police deployed outside mosques and a university in the Algerian capital on Friday after fresh rioting erupted overnight following days of protests over rising prices and unemployment. The national football league meanwhile said that all top-level soccer matches scheduled for Friday and Saturday had been postponed after the riots in Algiers and a [...]
Explosion in Algeria as Four People are Reported Killed
An Algerian paramilitary police barracks has been partially destroyed by an explosion and at least four people have been killed including two police officers, a security source said on Friday. The country is waging a campaign to stamp out Islamist insurgents affiliated to al Qaeda. They mount periodic ambushes and bomb attacks against government targets, [...]
Spotlight on Algeria as Energy Minister is Replaced in Cabinet Reshuffle
Chakib Khelil has been removed from his post as Algeria’s Energy Minister and replaced by former energy official and diplomat Youcef Yousfi in the biggest upheaval in the country in a decade. The man who takes over supervision of Algeria’s energy sector, which supplies about a fifth of Europe’s gas needs, is a technocrat who [...]
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