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Is Algeria’s military making its move on ageing President Bouteflika? He can hardly speak – and although we are assured his brain is active – we should wonder...

Why is Interpol doing the work of Arab despots? Robert Fisk, The Independant, 26 August 2015 http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/why-is-interpol-doing-the-work-of-arab-despots-10473793.html We were taught that Interpol was on the front line against...

Habib Souaïdia and Algerian state crime Jeremy H. Keenan, State Crime Research, 8 July 2015 In April 2015, Habib Souaïdia made a rare sortie into the public domain,...

Algerian hostage crisis In Amenas murders: coroner points to security flaws at Algerian gas plant Inquest into deaths of seven workers at BP joint venture returns verdict of...

Foreign governments gave millions to foundation while Clinton was at State Dept. Washington Post, 27 february 2015 http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/foreign-governments-gave-millions-to-foundation-while-clinton-was-at-state-dept/2015/02/25/31937c1e-bc3f-11e4-8668-4e7ba8439ca6_story.html The Clinton Foundation accepted millions of dollars from seven foreign...

Father of Briton killed in gas plant raid seeks access to Algerian evidence Algerian judge understood to oppose publication of documents disclosed to British inquest until suspects’ criminal...

British hostage held by al-Qaeda in Algeria was shot by troops in failed rescue bid An inquest into the In Amenas siege at a gas plant in Algeria...

Articles Harassment against those who struggle for human rights must stop! (Observatory, 26.04.12) Gordon Campbell on the arrest of Mourad Dhina (Scoop, 26.01.12) Algeria police on alert after...

2006 Journalists get three months in prison for accusing prefect of corruption (RSF , 26.12.06) Govt Decides Zaoui Case No Bar To Review (Newswire , 05.12.06) Russia, Algeria...

2005 “I want justice” (AI, 09.12.05) Algerian bomb suspect jailed in France after extradition (MET, 02.12.05) Ten years of EUROMED: Time to end the human rights deficit (AI,...

2007 Russia: Arms exports hit an all-time high (Kommersant, 25.12.07) Westminster rejects to extradite Khalifa to Algeria (EK, 25.12.07) Milk and semolina prices not to increase (EK, 25.12.07)...

2008 What Happened to Hassan Hattab and Amari Saïfi (alias Abderrezak El Para)? (AW, 20.12.08) “Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb bankrupt and captured by Bin Laden fellows” (EK, 18.12.08)...

2002 U.S. to Sell Military Gear to Algeria to Help It Fight Militants  (N-Y Times, 10.12.02) US arms Algeria for fight against Islamic terror (The Guardian, 10.12.02) Algerian...

2001 Benhadjar sets record straight on internecine GIA (Algeria interface, 27.12.01) Flooding and Muddied State-Society Relations (MER, 11.12.01) The Algerian Connection (Eat the State, November, 21, 2001) Terrorist...

2000 The Algerian Tragedy Continues (Z magazine, December 2000) No end to killing as government turns blind eye (Algeria interface, 22.12.00) Algeria splashes out on arms (Algeria interface,...

2004 Families of Algeria’s « disappeared » search for truth (Reuters, 26.12.04) US-trained forces scour Sahara for terror links  (Boston Globe, 12.12.04) A pile-up of shameful contradictions (The Guardian, 24.11.04)...

In the Shadows of the Mafia Regime Algeria’s Renewed Despair by DAVID PORTER, Counterpunch, February 26, 2014 The official announcement on February 22nd that Abdelaziz Bouteflika will now...

2003 Crude politics (The Guardian, 17.11.03) Dr. S.-E Sidhoum has decided to leave clandestinity (Press release, 29.09.03) Algeria and terrorism – A complex web (IISS, 08.03) DRS, GIA...

To Algerians, Par for the Course Tiguentourine (In Amenas), Algiers and Washington – A Year Later by ROB PRINCE, Weekend Edition January 24-26, 2014 1. With Washington and...

Politically Adrift, Algeria Clings to Its Old Ways Carlotta Gall, The New York Times, November 8, 2013 The 76-year-old president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 14 years into his tenure, has...

Exclusive: Death in the desert – did a security man see it coming? Widow of Briton who died in Algerian siege says he had warned superiors of dangers...

Why Algeria Didn’t Warn the U.S. About Its Hostage Raid Eli Lake, The daily Beast, January 18, 2013 http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/01/18/why-algeria-didn-t-warn-the-u-s-about-its-hostage-raid.html A messy hostage raid put Americans lives at risk—and...

The Algeria Powder Keg Bruce Riedel, The daily Beast, January 21, 2013 http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/01/21/the-algeria-powder-keg.html It has the largest army in Africa, a ruthless intelligence service, and a new Islamist...

Gordon Campbell on the arrest of Mourad Dhina Thursday, 26 January 2012 ttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1201/S00135/gordon-campbell-on-the-arrest-of-mourad-dhina.htm Gordon Campbell on the arrest of Mourad Dhina, and France’s ongoing problems with the Arab...

Algeria police on alert after riots First protester’s death reported and football matches cancelled following fresh unrest in North African nation Yasmine Ryan, Al Jatzeera, 08 Jan 2011...

Guantanamo detainee sent home against his will AFP, 7 january 2011 WASHINGTON — US officials said Thursday an Algerian national who was held at Guantanamo and cleared of...

Algerians riot over rising price of food By Roula Khalaf and Javier Blas in London Published: January 6 2011 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bbdba3c8-19bf-11e0-b921-00144feab49a.html Rising food prices have provoked riots in Algeria,...

Osama bin Laden and the Sahel In one message, bin Laden has propelled the little known crisis in the Sahel to international prominence. Jeremy Keenan, Al Jazeera, 3...

‘Secret hand’ in French Sahel raid By Jeremy Keenan, Al-Jazeera.net, 8 August 2010 France’s raid into Mali on Thursday, July 22, in an attempt to liberate a French...

They require being included as victims of the Black Decade Sahara detainees ask Bouteflika compensation El Khabar, 17 december 2008 Former Sahara camps detainees have called on President...

US Counterterrorism Coordinator at Secretary of State “Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb bankrupt and captured by Bin Laden fellows” El Khabar, 18 december 2008 Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb...

Algeria’s Sonatrach to Raise Gas Exports by 25 Percent in 2009 By Maher Chmaytelli and Adam L. Freeman, Bloomberg, December, 17, 2008 , Source Algeria, Africa’s largest natural-...

Homeland Security Department, DGSN 4608 foreigners expelled from Algeria in 2008 El Khabar, 17 december 2008 Algerian authorities have extradited as many as 4608 peoples living illegally in...

Algeria’s gas fields seek to set eco-example The Associated Press, International Harald tribune, Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Source IN SALAH, Algeria: A gas field in the Sahara Desert...

Large scale operation northern Mali Algerian Air Forces to back up Malian Army against Al-Qaeda El Khabar, 17 december 2008 The Malian Army has launched a large scale...

U.S. Training in Africa Aims to Deter Extremists By ERIC SCHMITT,The New York Times, December 13, 2008 KATI, Mali — Thousands of miles from the battlefields of Iraq...

U.S. Is Set to Release 3 Detainees From Base By WILLIAM GLABERSON, The New York Times, December 15, 2008, Source The Bush administration is preparing to transfer to...

Sahara hostage speaks of relief BBC, 2 november 2008 One of the two Austrians held hostage eight months by Islamist militants in the Sahara desert has spoken of...

If we’re careful, Al Qaeda may self-destruct By Rich Barlow | December 13, 2008 Source John McCain called « the war on terror » one of the « the transcendent issues »...