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12 May 2012

Algeria: Low Turnout in Legislative Elections

Written by Ahmed Medien · Elections, Protest

On May 10, Algeria's first legislative elections since the start of the Arab uprisings were held. Many people expressed their disillusionment with the current political system by not voting.

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14 April 2012

Algeria: Tributes Paid to Late President Ahmed Ben Bella

Written by Salah Almhamdi · History, Politics

Following the death of Ahmed Ben Bella, Arab netizens have remembered the man who was Algeria's first president.

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15 November 2011

Algeria: A News Site's Founder on the State of Citizen Media

Written by Thalia Rahme · Translated by Thalia Rahme · Blogger Profiles

Thalia Rahme interviews Fayçal Anseur, founder of Algerian news site Algérie-Focus about the site's goals and the state of citizen media in Algeria.

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23 March 2011

Arab World: The Arab Tyrant Manual

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Humor, Protest

The Arab Tyrant Manual is out, and is being tweeted as I type. On Twitter, Iyad Elbaghdadi is repeating all the excuses we have heard from the governments of Arab countries which have had protests calling for regime change and reforms since the Tunisian uprising at the end of 2010. Although they sound like one liners from a comic strip, they still get support from people on the ground.

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7 March 2011

Arab World: Bloggers Compete for Arabisk Competition

Written by Haifa Alrasheed · Technology, Digital Activism

Arab bloggers are vying for the Best of the Arabic Blogs Awards, Arabisk, which is now in the judging phase of the competition. The top 20 nominations in four categories are being judged now, and the competition results will be announced at the beginning of April. Haifa Al Rasheed has more on the competition.

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20 February 2011

Algeria: Protesters Hurt as Police Try to Halt Demonstration

Written by John Liebhardt · Freedom of Speech, Human Rights

Algeria's government attempted to stave off a second large demonstration at May 1 Square on Saturday, February 19. A large police presence kept downtown Algiers open, but several protesters were hurt. Demonstrators also complained that police sent pro-government gangs to harass them.

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Arab World: The Uprisings Continue

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Freedom of Speech, Human Rights

It's revolution time across the Arab world, with people rising and calling for political, economic and social reforms. Rallies, demonstrations and protests across the region are flooding our timelines, with heartbreaking news of how one Arab government after the other is using the same tactics to quash protests and silence the voices of dissent. Here are reactions from around the world as people watch the developments unfold.

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19 February 2011

Middle East: The Dictator's Handbook now in Bahrain

Written by Tarek Amr · Breaking News, Freedom of Speech

All of a sudden, many ageing Arab regimes found themselves under the fire of their protesting peoples. But will the same routes taken by both the regimes and the protesters in the different countries lead to the same destination?

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12 February 2011

Algeria: Protesters at #Feb12 March Arrested, Beaten

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · Breaking News, Freedom of Speech

Protests have taken down two dictators in Tunisia and Egypt but the Algerian authorities have been successful so far in holding down protests that started soon after the Tunisian revolts in early January 2011. Online photos and videos show arrests and physical abuse of protesters.

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1 February 2011

Arab World: A Revolution Time-Table

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Breaking News, Freedom of Speech

An Arab revolution time-table is being circulated online, with potential revolution dates pencilled in for Sudan, Syria, Algeria, Libya and Morocco. The dates are January 30 (Sudanese students are already marching the streets), February 5, February 12 and March 3, respectively. Here's some of the chatter from Twitter.

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Updates about Algeria

5 April 2012

French

The blog of the Tuareg movement Temoust Survie publishes a post (via information from l'Express [fr]) that provides [fr] a brief introduction to the Tuareg culture : “we are a nomadic people living from farming and trade. The Tuaregs are estimated to be about 1.5 million in a region that spans across Mali, Niger, Algeria, but also Libya, Burkina Faso and Mauritania. The common language Tamashek is related to the Berber language. With the Ethiopian population, the Tuaregs are one of the few African people with their own calligraphy. The distinguishing features of the Tuareg clothing are the indigo veil they wear hence their nickname “the men in blue”.

• Abdoulaye Bah

28 March 2012

Arabic

With the upcoming Algerian Legislative Election scheduled for May 10, 2012, one of the many elections taking place in 2012 [fr] within the continent of Africa, a collaborative website called Nahrag [ar] has just been launched by internet activists. Putting the case for more transparency in an election threatened with widespread boycott, the creators are using a collaborative map tool called Ushahidi (Swahili for ‘witness'). This map will be updated to include descriptions by Algerian citizens, exposing any irregularities which might occur during the election. There are 42,000 polling stations in the country.

• Samy Boutayeb

13 March 2012

Technology

Algerian blogger Maamar Ameur, an organiser of the annual Arabisk competition to select the best Arabic blogs, announced the launch of the competition. This is the third year the event is held. To submit your blog, click here. You can also follow the competition on Twitter and read a full announcement here [Ar].

• محمد عادل

7 January 2012

French

The blog edouardtamba.com has published a note by Maurice Simo Djom, from the University of Yaounde stating [fr] that: ”Through two competing festivals, the Fesman and the Panaf, the two countries (Senegal and Algeria) battle for the cultural leadership in Francophone Africa. In fact, this cultural battle underscores a harsh ideological struggle between two different approaches to escaping colonial cultural influence and taking control of a nation' s own identity”.

• Abdoulaye Bah

28 December 2011

English

Algerian-American Kal, or The Moor Next Door, shares this interesting geographical tidbit about Mauritania: “f readers ever get into space, they may find themselves looking for Mauritania, or its enormous Richat Structure, sometimes called ‘Earth’s Bulls-Eye.’”

• Amira Al Hussaini

Arabic

Algerian algerianna, at Patriots on Fire, asks readers to share their views on the true meaning of their country's independence.

• Amira Al Hussaini

3 December 2011

French

Two young “faith-trotters” Anne-Laure and Frederic launched ”faithbook” [fr], a project that will take them across the world to meet similar pro-peace initiatives. They look to start a dialogue between people of faith who believe in peaceful coexistence through initiatives in various domains such as sports, education, culture and environment. They will shortly travel to Algeria after a trip in Tunisia.

• Suzanne Lehn

4 November 2011

Updates

Pepe Nieto from SODEPAU, a Catalan international aid organization, published a post entitled: “From the Arab Spring to the Islamic Autumn“ [cat]. Nieco forecasts that political Islam will be the great benefactor of the recent events unfolding in the Arab world, after the elections in Tunisia and the statements from the new Libyan leaders. He adds that media should not be surprised by the turn of event given that similar outcomes took place in Algeria, Palestine and Turkey, where repressions never succeeded in stifling Islamic movements.

• Norbert Bousigue

29 October 2011

English

American-Algerian blogger Kal, at The Moor Next Door, shares some thoughts on the death of Libya's dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

• Amira Al Hussaini

27 October 2011

French

Algerian blog Algérie-Politique published a round-up of Algerian journalists' comments [fr and ar] on the October 23 Tunisian constituent election. Many were very impressed and inspired by this “example of democracy”.

• Claire Ulrich

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