Algeria

By M. K. BHADRAKUMAR | Indian Punchline | April 12, 2019 The Arab Spring has returned to the Middle East after nearly six years in exile. It was in July 2013 that reversing the tide of democracy in Egypt that swept away the dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak, army chief General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi led a […]

Following weeks of mass protests, the 82-year-old Algerian president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who has been in power for well over two decades, announced his resignation. What this basically means is that Algeria that used to be considered a no-go country by Western intelligence communities due to the harsh stance that Algiers took on opposing their activities, has now shown to the world that it’s no less volatile than such countries as Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya.

Al-Manar | April 3, 2019 The Kremlin on Wednesday said it hoped for a transition of power in Algeria without foreign “interference” after President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned in the face of massive street protests. “We expect that the internal processes that are happening in this country and are exclusively the internal affair of Algeria will […]

Via Oriental Review:

Once the central hub of Carthaginian power in ancient times, Algeria today is one of Africa’s most prosperous nations. However, prosperity these days comes at a heavy cost to the people of the world, and Algerians are mightily weighed down like most other nations by greedy oligarchs and vested foreign interests. Here’s a short take on the North African nation today.

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Local media in Algeria has confirmed the deaths of at least 257 people after either an Il-76 or Il-78 military plane crashed after shortly taking off from an airbase in the country.
A video has surfaced of the massive wreckage approximately 50 kilometers south of the country’s capital Algiers.
14 medical vehicles were dispatched to the scene. Algerian officials are still determining the cause of the crash.

Sputnik – 15.02.2018 On February 13, 1960, France carried out its first nuclear test in Algeria’s southern Reggane region. According to official statistics, 17 nuclear tests were carried out in total over the next 6 years. The area remains affected, and local scientists say that radioactive contamination has caused genetic mutations and irreversibly changed the […]