Algeria

Safinez Bousbia's El Gusto: Film as a Movement to Change Lives

E. Nina Rothe | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Abu Dhabi Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival 2012, Algeria, Seattle International Film Festival, Safinez Bousbia, El Gusto, Chaabi Music, Ya Rayah, Video, Culture News

A great film should change lives. While typically cinematic masterpieces are able to change the outlook of their audiences, in the case of Safinez Bousbia's documentary El Gusto, the film managed to dramatically change the existence of its subjects and its filmmaker.

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Islamists Dismiss Troubled Vote

AP | PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Video, Algeria Elections, Algeria, Algeria President Bouteflika, Algerian Elections, World Elections 2012, Algeria Elections Fraud, Algeria Parliamentary Elections, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algeria Islamists Elections, World News

ALGIERS, Algeria — Islamists suffered a surprising defeat in Algeria's parliamentary elections, bucking a trend that saw them gain power across ...

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First Algerian President Dies At 95

AP | By AOMAR OUALI and PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Ahmed Ben Bella Dead, Ben Bella Died, Ahmed Ben Bella, Algeria, Obituary, Ben Bella, Ben Bella Algerian Revolution, Algeria Ben Bella, Algerian Revolution, Ben Bella Dead, World News

ALGIERS, Algeria -- Ahmed Ben Bella, Algeria's first president and a historic leader of its bloody independence struggle from France, died at his fami...

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When Algeria, Like France, Looks Its Past in the Face

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Democracy, North Africa, Foreign Affairs, France, Algeria, Africa, Zohra Drif, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, World News

Algerian independence was a just cause. A struggle against colonialism that should have won over all that France counted as humanists, on both the left and the right. Except that sometimes it happens that a just cause employs unjust means.

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A Dictators' Dead Pool for 2012: Predicting Crisis or Forecasting Opportunity?

Philip N. Howard | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Dictatorship, National Security, Saudi Arabia, North Korea, Arab Spring, Foreign Affairs, Oman, Uganda, Laos, Iran, Kuwait, Cuba, Algeria, Kazakhstan, Fiji, Cameroon, World News

It may seem crass to make a dictators' dead pool. But given the murderous history of some of strongmen who might be on the list, it is not unreasonable to think through the means and implications of their departure.

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The Story Behind the Western Sahara Kidnappings

Joseph K. Grieboski | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: North Africa, Western Sahara, Kidnappings, Arab Spring, Algeria, Polisario Front, Autonomy Plan, World News

Algeria can no longer pretend that it has no vital interest in or responsibility for the outcome of the Western Sahara situation. Abductions of foreign nationals from their sovereign territory make Algeria a partner in the discussion, whether Algeria wishes it or not.

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Arab Spring Success Requires Islamists to Share

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Elections, Moderate, John McCain, Middle East, Algeria, Arabs, Terrorism, Islamic Extremists, Democracy, Foreign Affairs, Dictatorship, Arab Spring, Islamists, World News

The Arab Spring will produce a mix of individuals subscribing to old and new ideologies. But as long as they are committed to power sharing and the voluntary nonviolent transfer of power, the revolution and the sacrifices would have been worth it.

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Refugee Camp Workers Kidnapped

AP | AOMAR OUALI | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Algeria Refugees, Algeria, Algeria Kidnappings, Africa, Refugee Camp Kidnappings, Algeria Refugee Camps, Refugee Camp Workers Kidnapped, Aid Workers Kidnapped, World News

ALGIERS, Algeria — Gunmen kidnapped three aid workers – two Spaniards and an Italian – from a refugee camp in Algeria, injuring one ...

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Algiers Metro To Open After Three Decades On Hold

AP | AOMAR OUALI | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Algiers, Algeria Metro, Algiers Subway, Algiers Metro, Algeria, Metro, Transportation, World News

ALGIERS, Algeria — The Algerian capital, congested with cars and buses, is finally getting an underground subway system – three decades af...

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Healing Memories: An Exchange With Peacemaker Mohamed Sahnoun

Katherine Marshall | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Mohammed Sahnoun, Healing Memory, Algeria, Castro, Human Security, Caux, Religion and Development, Religion and Politics, Mohammed Sahnoun Interview, Religion and Diplomacy, Religion and Peacemaking, Mohamed Sahnoun, Religion News

We spend 15 times more to kill each other than to heal. We must correct that.

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Algeria Makes Sweeping Media Reforms

AP | AOMAR OUALI | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Algeria Media Monopoly, Algeria, Algeria Broadcast Media, Algeria Media, Algeria Tv, Algeria Television, Media News

ALGIERS, Algeria — Algeria has passed sweeping media reforms, ending a state monopoly on the broadcast sector and the imprisonment of journalist...

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Is Nigeria Ready For al Qaeda?

Robert Barrett, PhD | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Al Shabaab, Algeria, Nigeria-Bombing, Terrorism, Boko Haram, United Nations, Aqim, Nigeria, Abuja, Al Qaeda, Counterterrorism, World News

Boko Haram, Nigeria's most notorious outlaw extremist group, shows that al Qaeda's message is capable of leaping across stretches of geography, to target and propagate in locales in which both hardship and anti-Western sentiments collide.

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Algeria's Opposition Denounces Government's Decision To Let Gaddafis Into Country

AP | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Gaddafi, Rally for Culture and Democracy Party, Libya, Safiya Gaddafi, Hannibal-Gaddafi, Muammar Gaddafi, Algeria, Algeria Opposition, Aisha Gaddafi, Mohammed Gaddafi, Algeria's Opposition, World News

The Associated Press Algiers, Algeria (AP) -- Algeria's opposition is denouncing the government's decision to allow in the relatives of Libyan's Mu...

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Algeria Sends The West A Message By Taking In Gaddafi's Brood

The Independent | Robert Fisk | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Libya Algeria, Libya, Algeria, Algeria Gaddafis, World News

When the Emir of Qatar flew to see President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria early this summer, he had one message to convey: don't help the Gaddafi r...

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At Least 18 Killed In Algeria Bomb Explosion, Suicide Attack

AP | AOMAR OUALI | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Algiers, Suicide Bombers, Al-Qaeda-in-the-Islamic-Maghreb, Algeria, Suicide Bombing, Suicide Bomber, Algeria Suicide Bombing, Ramadan, Cherchel, World News

ALGIERS, Algeria — A bomb explosion followed by a suicide attack outside a military academy in Algeria killed at least 18 officers in training F...

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Algerian Exceptionalism and the Arab Spring

Daniel Wagner | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Algiers, President Bouteflika, Islamic Terrorism, Arab Spring, Al Qaeda, Algeria, Osama Bin Laden, Aqm, World News

While mass protests and civil unrest were unprecedented in much of the rest of the region prior to January of this year, Algeria has had a long history of political upheaval.

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Al Qaeda Group Reportedly Takes Blame For Algeria Bombings

Reuters | Richard Meares | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Al Qaeda Attacks, Suicide Bombings, Al Qaeda Bombings, Algeria, Algerian Bombings, Taliban, Algeria Bombings, Al Qaeda, World News

LONDON, July 19 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda in North Africa has claimed responsbility for suicide bombs in Algeria at the weekend that a security source ...

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U.S. Fears Libyan Weapons Could End Up In Al Qaeda's Hands

Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Arab Uprising, Libya, Arab Spring@Depressing, Middle East Protests, Moammar Gaddafi, Algeria, Libya Protests, Al Qaeda, World News

ALGIERS (Reuters) – The United States has real concerns about weapons from Libya ending up in the hands of al Qaeda, the commander of the U.S. m...

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Pakistan Army: Earn Your Keep

Wajid Ali Syed | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Egypt, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Somalia, Pakistan, General Joseph Ralston, Haqqani Network, Nuclear Weapons, Pakistan Government, Quetta Shura, Benazir Bhutto, Saudi Arabia, Jalaluddin Haqqani, Philippines, Urdu, General Kayani, Urdu Press, Terrorism, Isi, US Aid to Pakistan, Mullah Omar, Kerry Lugar Bill, Yemen, Balochistan, Osama Bin Laden, North Waziristan, Pakistani Sovereignty, Islamabad, Ayman Al Zawahari, Pervez Musharraf, Taliban, Afghanistan, A.Q. Khan, Algeria, General Jahangir Karamat, Al Qaeda, World News

The world's most wanted terrorist was a block away from the army garrison. This incident is not the first time the Pakistan Army has made claims that strained credulity.

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Wounded Libyans Describe Misurata 'Hell'

Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Libya, Libya Rebels, Middle East, Moammar Gaddafi, Algeria, Libya Turmoil, Libya Protests, Al Qaeda, World News

SFAX, Tunisia/ BREGA, Libya (Reuters) - Gaddafi forces using tanks and snipers are carrying out a "massacre" in Misrata with corpses on the street...

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Al Qaeda Reportedly Acquiring Weapons In Libya

Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Libya, Moammar Gaddafi, Algeria, Ahmed Ouyahia, Libya Anti-Government Protests, Al Qaeda, Libya Protests, World News

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Al Qaeda is exploiting the conflict in Libya to acquire weapons, including surface-to-air missiles, and smuggle them to a stro...

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Why Has the Arab Spring Not Spread to Algeria?

Rabah Ghezali | Posted 06.03.2011

Read More: Arab World, North Africa, Arab Spring, Social-Revolution, Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Democracy, Algeria, World News

Algeria embraced the popular overthrow of Benali and Mubarak with happiness and pride. More onerously, however, these developments are a sobering reminder of Algeria's recent history.

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Saudi Arabia and the Spring of the Middle East

Amir Madani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: King Abdullah, Bahraini-Woman-Kissing-in-Public, Benghazi, Algeria, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, World News

The Saudi dynasty and King Abdullah seem to have become more generous recently. King Abdullah bin Abdul bin Abdul Aziz promised the Saudis $36 billion...

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Anti-American Extremists Among Libyan Rebels U.S. Has Vowed To Protect

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Algeria, Darnah, Surt, West Point Counter Terrorism Center, Gaddafi, Libya, Sinjar, Al-Qaeda-in-the-Islamic-Maghreb, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Syria, Soviet Union, Libya Protests, Islamic Libyan Fighting Group, Middle East Protests, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, Mujahideen, Iraq War, Extremists, North Africa, Muammar Gaddafi, Libyan Rebels, Iraq, Eastern Libya, US News, Extremism, Misurata, World News

WASHINGTON -- In 2007, when American combat casualties were spiking in the bloodbath of the Iraq War, an 18-year-old laborer traveled from his home in...

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Muslim Women's Self-reliance and Clinton's Guidance Could Ensure Reforms

Ida Lichter, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

In this crucial post-coup stage, women who fought for change should heed the betrayals of gender rights in Algeria and Iran during periods of crisis.

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