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The military-backed clean-up and stronger export earnings are unlikely to help the economy. Reform is promised but structural change is unlikely, President Abdelmajid Tebboune s government breathed a typically Algerian sigh of relief as more stable oil prices and the higher gas prices have infused the cash-strapped treasury with funds. Algiers had been living off fast-dwindling foreign reserves, which stood at US$46.2 billion – not enough to cover a year of imports – at end-August, compared with around $200bn in 2014. It even drew down its extra allocation of $2.67bn from the International Monetary Fund s (IMF) issue of Special Drawing Rights last year.

Deep State in plain sight | Article Preview

Le pouvoir had a reckoning with Islamism long before the Arab Spring and still dominates despite Hirak’s efforts at revolution, Algeria s Deep State has never gone away. Popular unrest decided le pouvoir (the powers-that-be) in favour of overseeing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika s removal and throwing his kleptocratic clan to the wolves, but it has held on to the model of military/security-led rule. Bouteflika was, indisputably, a major historical figure – as both Ahmed Ben Bella and Houari Boumedienne s Foreign Minister from 1963 to 1979, and then as President for 20 years. But he died last month without the lavish honours that once would have been expected, reflecting the disgrace of his final years.

Avec son hommage aux harkis, quels messages Emmanuel Macron envoie-t-il à l Algérie?

Avec son hommage aux harkis, quels messages Emmanuel Macron envoie-t-il à l Algérie?
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