In Algeria, the Brotherhood sets its sights on the country’s black gold
Previous 1 / 2 2 / 2 Next Updated 20 April 2019 LEILA HATOUM April 19, 2019 Algeria produces more than a million barrels of oil a day, making it […]
Revolutionaries in the Middle East have learnt crucial lessons since the Arab Spring
The success of popular action and civil disobedience in Sudan and Algeria has been treated sceptically by commentators. The pessimists might just be getting it wrong this time round, just […]
Sudan and Algeria are part of a new wave of peaceful regime change – other dictators should be worried
The collapse of the Bouteflika and Bashir regimes is sending reverberations across the world. On social media, people are warning Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni and other African rulers that their turns are coming Borzou Daragahi @borzou […]
Moderate Islam in the Maghreb: How US foreign policy shapes Islamist contention
April 4, 2019 Since the beginning of the U.S-led war on terror, a handful of Muslim-majority states have begun to brand themselves on the international stage as a source of […]
The Guardian view on Algeria’s ousted president: what next?
Editorial Protesters have forced the departure of Abdelaziz Bouteflika. But that may prove to be the easy part Wed 3 Apr 2019 Algerians celebrate after the country’s veteran president, […]
The Guardian view on Algeria’s ousted president: what next?
Editorial Protesters have forced the departure of Abdelaziz Bouteflika. But that may prove to be the easy part Wed 3 Apr 2019 Algerians celebrate after the country’s veteran president, […]
Like power-hungry leaders before him, Abdelaziz Bouteflika can’t quite let go – and now Algeria is a necrocracy
Why do these wretched men not retire, gently, diplomatically, in a dignified way? They surely do not fear death. Presidents attract assassins. Retired presidents do not Robert Fisk @indyvoices Let […]
The Arab Spring, a second try!
Mar 12,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – HASAN ABU NIMAH The so-called Arab Spring that swept across much of the Arab world eight years ago appears to be having a resurgence. […]
Algerians celebrate as Bouteflika abandons plan to seek new term
Prime minister replaced; new constitution to be put to referendum By Reuters – Mar 12,2019 – JORDAN TIMES Algerian youths march with national flags during a demonstration in the centre […]
The scourge of racism rages on
Source: AT Do not judge people without their knowledge; there is no difference between black and white.” For Khadija Ben Hamou, the recently crowned Miss Algeria, there was no better way to say it: Racism hurts. In January after Khadija, 26, became the second black woman and first southerner to […]
Algeria: suspended prison sentences on appeal for 27 Ahmadis
Article 144 bis of the Algerian Penal Code provides for a prison sentence of three to five years and a fine of $ 457 to $ 914 for “insulting the […]
The widow who asked eight French presidents for the truth
By Charlotte McDonald BBC World Service 17 January 2019 Josette Audin spent more than 60 years asking French leaders to admit responsibility for her husband’s death in Algeria. Finally, last […]
‘A Prophet’ creator takes on France’s war in Algeria
AFP news.france@thelocal.com @thelocalfrance 13 January 2019 One of France’s most celebrated screenwriters is taking on its biggest taboo, the bloody conflict in Algeria, in a new war film. Abdel […]
Algeria upholds prison terms for Ahmadi sect members
Authorities aren’t cracking down on heterodox beliefs but on ‘groups that operate clandestinely’, says official By Abdul Razak bin Abdullah ALGIERS December 19, 2018 An Algerian appeals court on Wednesday […]
Macron honours Algerians who fought for colonial France
By AFP – Sep 23,2018 – JORDAN TIMES PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron announced honours on Friday for Algerians who fought alongside French troops in Algeria’s war of independence, […]
Algeria deports nearly 400 migrants back to Niger
By Reuters – Jul 15,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Migrants from Niger living near the marketplace in Boufarik, Algeria, cook food near their tents (AFP photo) NIAMEY — Algeria has deported […]
Briefing On Human Rights and Religious Freedom – The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
July 6, 2018 House Foreign Affairs Committee Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Statement of Eric Goldstein, Deputy Director, Human Rights Watch Middle East and North Africa Division I wish […]
Ted Talk: When people of Muslim heritage challenge fundamentalism
Karima Bennoune shares four powerful stories of real people fighting against fundamentalism in their own communities — refusing to allow the faith they love to become a tool for […]
Breaking News: Plane with 200 people on board crashes in Algeria’s Boufarik airport
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published23 hours ago An Algerian military plane crashed Wednesday near Boufarik airport near the capital Algiers, killing several people, local media and a witness said. The plane […]
New Trials Shake Ahmadiyya Community Memebers
Source:Eurasia Review Algerian authorities have stepped up trials of members of the Ahmadiyya religious minority on charges related to the exercise of their religion, Human Rights Watch said Monday. Sentences range from fines to a year in prison. Human Rights Watch received information that, in December 2017 alone, there were […]