Tag Archives: Algeria
By Daniel Greenfield France took the lead in pushing for military intervention to overthrow Gaddafi. Now it’s fighting Islamists, many of them from Libya, armed with weapons that France airdropped to them, that Qatar smuggled to them or weapons from … read more »
Tunisia’s Youssef Msakni settled a drab North African derby against Algeria when curling home in stoppage time to earn a crucial 1-0 win in Rustenburg. The Carthage Eagles join Ivory Coast, who beat Togo 2-1 earlier, at the top of … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Algeria, Libya, Nigeria, North Africa, Soccer, Sports, Tunisia
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Paul Rogers The seizure of an international gas-plant in Algeria follows closely the escalation of conflict in Mali. The response of western states to both reinforces the worldview of their Islamist adversaries. The combination of France’s armed intervention against Islamist … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Article, Mali, North Africa, West Africa
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Tagged Algeria, Christopher Stevens, France, In Aménas, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Mali, Patrick Cockburn
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Algeria head coach Vahid Halilhodzic has identified Tuesday’s African Nations Cup encounter with Tunisia as a must-win game. The north African nations go head to head at Rustenburg’s Royal Bafokeng Stadium knowing all too well that the inclusion of Ivory … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Algeria, North Africa, Soccer, Sports, Tunisia
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Tagged africa cup nations, Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, IndepthAfrica, Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Sami Trabelsi, Sierra Leone, Sofiane Feghouli, Tunisia, Tunisia Algeria, Tunisia v Algeria Preview
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They hid in false ceilings and beneath beds. They blocked doors with furniture. They waited as hours turned into terrifying days, echoing with the sounds of gunfire and mortars. They were unarmed, unable to defend themselves. Many were captured. Some … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Article, North Africa
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Tagged Agence France-Presse, Al-Jazeera, Al-Qaeda, Alan Wright, Algeria, IndepthAfrica, ITV News, Military of Algeria, New York Times
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By Abayomi Azikiwe Interview with Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of Pan-African News Wire In regard to the situation in Algeria, there has been over the last two decades insurgencies led by Islamist forces there and it appeared as if these difficulties … read more »
Posted in Angola, Letters & Interviews, Mali, North Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Algeria, Algerian government, France, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, United States, World Federation of Trade Unions
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Algeria — Islamists killed all seven of their remaining foreign captives on Saturday before being gunned down at a gas plant in the Algerian desert, state media said, ending one of the bloodiest international hostage crises in years. The 11 … read more »
You can’t bet against the Ivorians but, with Ghana, Algeria and Nigeria looking strong, it would still be no surprise if they failed once more. Ivory Coast can call upon Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou for their Africa Cup of … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports
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ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Islamist militants attacked and occupied a natural gas field partly operated by BP in southern Algeria early Wednesday, killing two foreigners and holding possibly dozens of others, including Americans, hostage while surrounded by Algerian forces. A … read more »
Johannesburg – Bafana Bafana completed their preparations for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament by holding fancied Algeria to a goalless draw at Orlando Stadium, in Soweto, on Saturday evening. South Africa, who are 68 places below Algeria in … read more »
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On a recent visit to Mauritania the International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde called for a “revival of the private sector” in the Maghreb, “a market of about 90 million people” whose potential is untapped, she said. ”The Maghreb has great potential … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Article, Columnist, North Africa, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Algeria, Arab Maghreb Union, Christine Lagarde, IndepthAfrica, Maghreb, Mauritania, Morocco, Nouakchott, Tunisia
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The international human rights “Amnesty International”, based in London, has rebelled Friday against “the crackdown on social and economic rights” in Algeria. Recalling the arrest on January 2 in the region of Ouargla of an activist for the rights of … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Article, Columnist, North Africa, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Algeria, Amnesty, Amnesty International, Arab Spring, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Mena, Non-governmental organization, United Nations
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Both Algeria and Morocco arrive in South Africa on Friday as the next two teams to report for Africa Cup of Nations duty. They are the third and fourth squad in the country for the tournament, following Angola and Zambia … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Algeria, Morocco, Soccer, Sports
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Tagged 2013 African Cup of Nations, Africa Nations Cup, Algeria, Angola, IndepthAfrica, Johannesburg, Morocco, Sidi Moussa, South Africa, Zambia
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Tunisia will face Ethiopia in a friendly on January 7th in the UAE, Koora.com reported on Tuesday (December 25th). The Carthage Eagles will also play friendlies against Iraq, Gabon and Ghana before travelling to South Africa for the 2013 Orange … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Soccer, Sports
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Tagged 2010 FIFA World Cup, Algeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Gabon, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Togo, Tunisia
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On December 25 Moroccan Ministry of Interior issued a communique announcing that Moroccan security services have broken up a six-member cell that recruited young Moroccans embracing with jihadist thought. According to the statement, the new recruits were sent to the … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Morocco, North Africa, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, Algeria, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Moroccan people, Morocco, sub-Saharan Africa, United States
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Spoken fifty years after the former colony’s independence, French President’s words did not constitute the “apology” demanded by several Algerian political parties, argues Oussama Romdhani. On the second day of his first visit to Algeria, French President Francois Hollande stood … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Europe, Global Issues, North Africa
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Tagged Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algeria, France, François Hollande, Hollande, IndepthAfrica, Oussama Romdhani, President of France
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By Celeste Hicks Following his most recent visit to Laayoune in November, the UN envoy for Western Sahara Christopher Ross said that “the conflict over the final status of the territory” has gone on too long. Mr Ross is correct … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali, West Africa
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Tagged Algeria, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Morocco, Polisario, Polisario Front, Ross, Sahel, Western Sahara
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By Celeste Hicks analysis Following his most recent visit to Laayoune in November, the UN envoy for Western Sahara Christopher Ross said that “the conflict over the final status of the territory” has gone on too long. Mr Ross is … read more »
France does not want to lose its hegemony in Morocco and is preparing to sign an “exceptional partnership” with the North African country. France was up late last year the largest investor and trading partner of Morocco. Not anymore because … read more »
Posted in Article, Morocco, North Africa, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Algeria, France, François Hollande, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Maghreb, Morocco, North Africa, spain
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This reflection is based on the final report of the Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations released on November 28. A report that has greatly exasperated the Polisario and its biggest backer, Algeria, because the mandate … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Morocco, North Africa, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Algeria, Christopher Ross, IndepthAfrica, Morocco, Polisario, Polisario Front, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, Western Sahara
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Group D, undoubtedly the “group of death” for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, includes the two highest ranked teams in Africa, tournament favourites Côte d’Ivoire (16th in the world) and Algeria (24th). Tunisia (45th) has also been in good … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Angola, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Soccer, South Africa, South Sudan, Sports, The Gambia, Uganda, Zimbabwe
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Tagged 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2013 Africa Cup of Nations: Group D: Côte d'Ivoire, 2013 Africa Nations Cup, 2013 Nations Cup, africa cup nations, Algeria, cup of nations 2013, Didier Drogba, Indepth Africa Magazine, Oussama Darragi, Salomon Kalou, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia
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On December 10 the Ministers of Defense of the 5+5 Initiative held a meeting in Rabat to assess the current situation in Mali and to seek ways of how to resolve the insecure situation prevailing in that part of Africa. … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Algeria, Bamako, France, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Morocco, Sahel, United Nations Security Council
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Paul Rogers Mali’s army will be unable to dislodge the Islamist hold on the country’s north, even with the help of fellow west African forces. This makes direct western military intervention more likely. Mali’s deepening insecurity has taken several forms … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali, West Africa
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Tagged Algeria, Burkina Faso, Economic Community of West African States, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Mali, Nigeria, West Africa
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By Ernst Wolff A special summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in the Nigerian capital of Abuja November 11 reiterated the readiness of the organisation to deploy 3,300 soldiers to the north of Mali before the … read more »
BY THE end of this month an array of Western and African governments and regional bodies is supposed, according to a resolution passed unanimously last month in the UN Security Council, to have drawn up a detailed military plan to … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, Algeria, Economic Community of West African States, ethiopian news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Mali, United States
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By: Ivan Eland The United States is meddling in another internal civil war to prevent a “terrorist haven” from developing. This time it’s not in Somalia or Yemen but instead in the West African country of Mali. The United States … read more »
As West Africa’s military intervention looms to end the crisis in Mali, Burkina Faso yesterday led efforts to persuade Ansar Dine, one of the armed Islamist groups controlling northern part of the country, to cut ties with Al-Qaeda. Ansar Dine … read more »
By: Said Temsamani The international community have for some time ignored Morocco’s persistent warning that sub Saharan Africa is starting to transfom into a safe haven for terrorist groups. Plagued by systematic state failure, sub-Saharan Africa’s failed states have helped … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Algeria, Economic Community of West African States, European Union, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jean-Yves Le Drian, Mali, mali news, United States
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A cultural policy is a public policy designed by the state to protect, promote and guide the cultural foundations of the nation. It is a logical component of the general policy on which it depends. Cultural activities (fine arts, painting, … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Article
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Tagged Algeria, Algeria news, Algiers, France, French Algeria, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Ministry of National Education, Mohamed Boudia
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Military intervention in foreign countries always leads to unintended consequences. These often occur in neighbor countries of the original target. One example is the Vietnam war which lead to the destabilization of and military intervention in Laos and Cambodia. The … read more »
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