Algeria

Women in the Middle East North African region pushing back against patriarchy

Article Hussein Solomon - 14 Mar 2020

The scales are still tilted in favour of men, but younger people with tertiary education have less discriminatory attitudes

Flight to to evacuate South Africans in Wuhan finally underway

Article Sipho Kings - 10 Mar 2020

A long-delayed flight to repatriate South African citizens from Wuhan will depart tonight and return on Friday the 13th, before a 21-day quarantine

Virus spreads globally – but don’t panic yet

Article Simon Allison - 28 Feb 2020

Authorities are urging people to remain calm about the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, and with good reason — panic will only exacerbate the situation

Students ‘abandoned’ in Wuhan

Africa Simon Allison - 21 Feb 2020

Africans living in China want to be evacuated

AU commissioner’s job on the line

Africa Simon Allison - 7 Feb 2020

Smaïl Chergui may hold a powerful position, but he is a controversial figure

Where will neoliberalism end?

Article William Shoki - 22 Jan 2020

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Find pathways beyond mass protests

Article Richard Youngs - 13 Nov 2019

Protests convulse global politics, but it’s what happens when they die down that can make a real difference

Algeria: six months of anti-regime protests

Africa Agency - 21 Aug 2019

From anti-Bouteflika to no democracy: Here is a timeline of the events that have occurred in Algeria

Algerian presidential elections ‘impossible’ on July 4

Africa Abdelhafid Daamache - 2 Jun 2019

The planned vote has drawn widespread protests, with Algerian demonstrators demanding Bouteflika allies step aside before any elections are held

How democratic revolutions are being subverted in Algeria and Sudan

Africa Nic Cheeseman - 29 May 2019

One of the most misleading myths about African politics is the idea of the all-powerful leader who rules on their own through their cunning and wit

The Arab Spring’s second chance

Africa Ishac Diwan - 30 Apr 2019

Demonstrators in both Algeria and Sudan seem aware of the 'Egypt trap'

Former Algerian PM questioned in widening probe into longtime elite

Africa Agency - 30 Apr 2019

Ouyahia served four times as prime minister from 1995, three of them during Bouteflika's two-decade rule

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20th Edition of the National Teaching Awards

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