Algeria s powerful army chief Ahmed Gaid Salah dies
Salah, a veteran of the Algerian war of independence with France, masterminded the state s response to mass protests this year
Ahmed Gaid Salah pushed for December elections despite mass opposition from anti-government protesters (Reuters) Par Published date: Lundi 23 décembre 2019 - 10:00 | Last update: 1 année 3 mois ago
Algeria s powerful army chief Ahmed Gaid Salah has died, leaving behind a country wracked by months of protests over the military s dominant role in politics.
State media reported on Monday that Gaid Salah, who masterminded the state s response to mass protests this year, died at the age of 79 after suffering a heart attack at a military hospital in the capital Algiers.
(Photo: Ultra-hardliner Justice Minister Belkacem Zeghmati) The Algerian regime backed away from issuing a controversial law that would have stripped political opponents abroad of their Algerian nationality. he draft law was presented Wednesday, 3 March by the ultra-hardliner Justice Minister Belkacem Zeghmati at the Government’s meeting. On Sunday, 4 April, the attempt by extremist nationalists in government has failed and is now considered definitely buried.
Justice minister Zeghmati pledging allegiance to army chief, late Gen. Gaid Salah, promises to crackdown on the pro-democracy movement
The Zeghmati proposed law generated hostile reactions, prompting President Tebboune to announce on Sunday in a TV interview that “There has been misunderstanding and as such, the draft bill was withdrawn.” Tebboune has also acknowledged that “the bill would have threatened social and national cohesion, as well as state security.”
Madame Maya : Supposed hidden daughter of Bouteflika loses appeal against jail sentence
Zoulikha-Chafika Nachinache was sentenced in October to 12 years in jail for offences during ex-Algerian president s rule
Nachinache s rise to the ranks of the presidential circle may also be owed to the fact that Bouteflika knew her father (File pic - AFP) By Published date: 1 January 2021 12:53 UTC | Last update: 2 months 3 weeks ago
An Algerian businesswoman, rumoured to be the hidden daughter of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, lost her appeal on Thursday against a 12-year prison sentence.
Zoulikha-Chafika Nachinache, widely known as Madame Maya , had been imprisoned for money laundering in the context of an organised criminal association , complicity in the abuse of office , requesting and accepting undue benefits through the use of a public official and complicity in the granting of undue benefits .