Vol 52 No 25 | ALGERIA Waiting for a breakthrough 16th December 2011 Islamists are manoeuvring to take centre stage in Algeria, where efforts to create a national protest movement have been stifled.
Vol 52 No 19 | ALGERIA No springtime in Algiers 23rd September 2011 The ageing elite which supported Gadaffi to keep revolutions at bay now faces much bigger challenges at home There is no prospect of Algeria’s rulers voluntarily ceding power to a new generation. The Libyan crisis has galvanised them. Much as Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi has been...
Vol 52 No 8 | ALGERIA Boutef holds back the wave 15th April 2011 Algiers calculates that astute state spending will counter growing political anger at unemployment, corruption and chronic housing shortages The strikes and popular protests across Algeria point to economic and social pressures similar to those that toppled entrenched leaderships elsewhere in North Africa. However, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika...