After using the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to crack down on opposition figures for more than a year, the Algerian authorities are intensifying repression against the last voices of dissent, hoping to put an end to the Hirak once and for all.

By being silent about Algeria’s conflict during the 1990s, the country’s educational sector has missed an opportunity to create a basis for reconciliation.

The border towns of Ouargla and Tataouine, suffer from a profound socio-economic marginalization by comparison to the northern and coastal regions.

In an interview, Dalia Ghanem discusses the recent elections in Algeria.

Russia is in the Mediterranean to stay. As long as the Kremlin remains locked in a tense standoff with NATO, it will aim to prevent the alliance from dominating the region.

The lack of trust between citizens and their civilian institutions has led to a total inability of political institutions to respond to peoples’ demands.