CHENGRIHA'S RISEA striking appointment in Tebboune's 18 November post-election reshuffle was that of Lieutenant General Saïd Chengriha as minister delegate for defence  a powerful position in Algeria...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Several well-connected sources have told Africa Confidential that key players – including Tebboune's erstwhile ally  Armée Nationale Populaire (ANP) chief of staff Major-General Saïd Chengriha – have become alienated from the president...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     It is key to the regional policy of President Abdelmajid Tebboune and military Chief of Staff Major General Saïd Chengriha as a stick with which to beat regional rival Morocco (AC Vol 63 No 9  Navigating through the fog of cold war)...
 Algeria's military exercises near the Moroccan border  with Russian forces  make a point of shooting down mock drones  much to Chief of Staff Major General Saïd Chengriha's publicly expressed pleasure (AC Vol 63 No 17  Rabat and Algiers cross swords over UN role)...
	 
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	     Levels of growth  employment creation and service delivery are dangerously low across the Maghreb  where politics are moulded by angry figures such as Major-General Saïd Chengriha...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     It was assumed by chief of staff Major-General Saïd Chengriha that the billions of dollars spent in Moscow had created a force with sufficient firepower to overwhelm Morocco...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Current military strongman  Voroshilov Staff Academy graduate Major-General Saïd Chengriha  has two main concerns...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     These underline Tebboune's claims to be cleaning up a rotten system  backed by current military strongman  armed forces chief of staff Major-General Saïd Chengriha...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The officer who signed off on his removal  Lieutenant-General Ahmed Gaïd Salah  himself died in December 2019  but his successor from the gerontocracy  76-year-old Major-General Saïd Chengriha  has been accumulating power (AC Vol 61 No 2  Desperately seeking legitimacy)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 62 No 16 | 
            - ALGERIA
- MOROCCO
	     His successor  Major-General Saïd Chengriha  is powerful but not to the extent of Gaïd Salah or the most feared security strongman of all  the now retired Mohammed 'Tewfik' Medienne...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Chief of Staff Major General Saïd Chengriha has kept a prudent distance  focusing on maintaining confidence in military ranks  which has been wavering...