In Algeria, A President That Won’t Go Away

Algeria’s incumbent president swept Thursday’s election, taking almost 82 percent of the vote in a country that doesn’t expect any change to come at the hands of the fourth-term president.

Issa Mansaray
By Issa Mansaray
Algreria Presidential Elections

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has secured a fourth term with 81.53 percent of votes, his Interior Minister Tayeb Belaiz announced on Friday. With 12.18 percent of the votes, rival Ali Benflis came in a far second, but he has refused to recognize the Bouteflika’s reelection. When Bouteflika announced last month that he was running for a

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The US’s Invasion Of Africa That Nobody Knows About

The Obama administration has been slowly – and very quietly – peppering the U.S. military throughout the continent and putting hundreds of millions of dollars into the pockets of government contractors to build the necessary infrastructure for a permanent U.S. military presence.

John Glaser | AntiWar
By John Glaser | AntiWar
Enduring Freedom

The U.S. is assembling the rudiments of imperial infrastructure throughout Africa, and hardly anybody knows about it. Hardly anybody knows about it because the government and military refuse to divulge much of U.S. foreign policy towards Africa. You see, U.S. foreign policy is really none of our business. The Obama administration has been slowly

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Concerns Continue Over Algerian Detainees ‘Forcibly Repatriated’ From Guantanamo

Rights groups suggest that two Guantanamo detainee transfers carried out over the past month appear to have violated international law.

Carey L. Biron
By Carey L. Biron

WASHINGTON --- Even as President Barack Obama’s renewed efforts to shutter the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are now picking up speed, some close observers of the process are worried that the government is applying inadequate or imbalanced safeguards in deciding how to go about moving detainees cleared for transfer. In particular,

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US Sends Two Guantanamo Prisoners Back To Algeria

The prisoners are free to return home after twelve years of detention without charge.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

MIAMI (AP) — Two men who have been held without charge at the Guantanamo Bay for more than a decade have been sent back to their native Algeria as part of a renewed effort to gradually close the prison, U.S. officials said Thursday. The Pentagon identified the two men as Djamel Saiid Ali Ameziane and Belkecem Bensayah. Both had been held on

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Did The Most Notorious Terrorist In The Maghreb Quit Al-Qaeda Because Of Office Drama?

The man who led Algeria’s biggest hostage-taking in recent memory was called out over missed meetings and phone calls.

David Trifunov
By David Trifunov

Not even Al Qaeda is immune from office politics. The Associated Press has discovered an insightful, perhaps embarrassing, 10-page letter from the terrorist organization to former rising star Moktar Belmoktar. Officials from Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb – a branch that operates in North Africa – outline their gripes with Belmoktar, who

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