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Algerians take to the streets to protest against the government, in Algiers, January 24. (AP)

Algerian government tries to build a support base among political parties

January 25, 2020

Newly elected President Abdelmadjid Tebboune addresses a news conference in Algiers, Algeria, December 13, 2019. (Reuters)

Lack of popular legitimacy complicates task of Algerian government

January 15, 2020

In this file photo taken on February 18, 2009 Algerian President Abdelazziz Bouteflika waves at supporters during his visit to Blida, south of Algiers. (AFP)

Looking at Bouteflika’s legacy

April 06, 2019

Risky game. Algerian Chief of Staff Ahmed Gaid Salah presides a military parade in Algiers, last July. (AP)

The rising ceiling of protesters’ demands in Algeria

March 30, 2019

A teacher holds a placard during a protest in Algiers, March 13, 2019. (AP)

The questions raised by Algeria's youth uprising

March 19, 2019

A supporter of the Algerian opposition gestures as she is pushed away by police officers in Algiers. (AFP)

Weak opposition discredits Algeria’s electoral process

February 16, 2019

Not many African works. A customer browses books at a bookshop in Rabat. (AFP)

Arab world’s unjustified neglect of African literature

January 12, 2019

Youths sit near the Martyrs' Memorial in Algiers, Algeria September 10, 2018. (Reuters)

Algeria inherits poor political harvest from last year

January 03, 2019

Corruption is damaging to Algeria

May 14, 2015

Algeria is a country suffering from systematic corruption that has seeped into every area of lif