15

Mar

Senior ruling FLN party official says Bouteflika is “history”

  More signs are emerging in Algeria that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s time is up after a senior figure in the ruling FLN party said that he was now history. The…

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11

Mar

Reports that Bouteflika will not run for fifth term…postpones April vote

Reports out of Algeria are stating that  President Abdelaziz Bouteflika will not run for a fifth term. Reports are also indicating that he has postponed April presidential vote. Bouteflika, first…

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11

Mar

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika returns to Algeria

A plane has taken Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika back to Algiers. Earlier security forces had been deployed between Algiers airport and the presidential residence in Zeralda, just outside the capital…

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10

Mar

Algerian President’s plane returns to Geneva

  On Sunday, French news agency AFP reported that an Algerian government plane that transported the country's ailing president Abdelaziz Bouteflika to Switzerland for treatment two weeks ago returned to…

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10

Mar

Algeria’s antiquities museum looted during massive protests

  Reuters reports that Algeria's antiquities was, after a mostly peaceful protest on Friday, looted .The Algerian Culture Ministry said criminals and not the protesters were to blame. The protests…

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09

Mar

Thousands stage more protests in Algeria

Tens of thousands protested across Algeria on Friday in the biggest rallies yet against ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for a fifth term in office, a day after the 82-year-old…

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04

Mar

Algeria’s Bouteflika offers to leave… within one year

Amid the continuing turmoil in Algeria, Reuters reports that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika offered to step down after a year if re-elected. Algeria is facing the biggest protests since the Arab…

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03

Mar

Bouteflika confirms he will seek re-election

Reuters reported that Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika submitted the official papers confirming that he will seek re-election. Even before he did so, Algeria saw the biggest protests in years  against…

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03

Mar

Over 180 people injured in Friday’s anti-Bouteflika protests

Reuters reported that a total of 183 people were injured during protests across Algeria on Friday against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for a fifth term in office. These protests were…

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02

Mar

Algerian President Bouteflika remains at a Swiss hospital

The Middle East Monitor reported Algeria’s ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika remains at a Swiss hospital as protests grow in his country against his bid for a fifth term' Quoting from…

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01

Mar

Algerians expected to protest against President Bouteflika

Algerians on Friday will take part in what are expected to be the biggest protests in decades. The demonstrations - dubbed the Million Man March - follow week-long protests in…

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19

Oct

Friday Morning Briefing

Good morning, In the last hours, there were significant changes from the US administration, in their view on the Khashoggi's murder with President Trump affirming that he believes that Khashoggi…

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11

Sep

Tuesday Morning Briefing

Good morning, 100 people, including 21 children, died in the Mediterranean is amongst the news one can read on a number of international websites. We also read about the possibility…

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10

Sep

Algeria’s government launch money-laundering investigations based on Panama Papers investigation carried by ICIJ

The government of Algeria has launched a money-laundering investigation based on information revealed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Panama Papers investigation. The investigation, which involves the abuse of a government-run…

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29

Aug

Warning of Cholera transmission from Algeria to Libya

The Libya Observer reports that the Monitoring and Investigation Department of the National Centre for Disease Control has raised the level of preparedness to deal with the possibility of the…

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26

Jun

Tuesday Morning Briefing

Good morning Our morning review Three magistrates were promoted to judges and three lawyers were sworn in as magistrates in a ceremony that took place at the Palace in Valletta.…

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12

May

81 year old President Bouteflika urged to consider re-running for election

Earlier this week, Algeria's biggest union Algeria’s urged President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Tuesday to seek a fifth term in office in a further sign that the veteran leader will run in next…

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11

May

Siamese twins, dismissed after progress following operation at Bambino Gesu Hospital

Rayenne and Djihene, Siamese twins joined at the chest and the abdomen, who in October were admitted to the Bambino Gesu Hospital, for their separation, were dismissed and can go home to Algeria . The very delicate…

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