Algeria Politics & Security

Algeria is currently lurching from one crisis to another as rival 'clans' within the ruling political-military elite appear to have taken the country to what many Algerians and commentators now see as the 'end of an era'.

Our editor has more than 40 years experience of Algeria – and 'deep' contacts inside the country. Our writers 'know' Algeria. We don't reiterate the news: we get behind the headlines and explain what they really mean.

Every week's issue provides commentary and expert analysis of the domestic political, diplomatic and security scene. We explain the political forces behind the Sonatrach corruption scandal; why the presidency and intelligence forces are 'at war' with each other; why the National Police Chief was assassinated; why these internecine struggles are developing in their uniquely Algerian way; why 'terrorism' has taken the turns that it has and why Al Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is seen by many as an arm of Algeria's security forces. And, on the other side of the political divide that isolates the 'people' from the 'regime', we analyse the nature of civil and labour unrest and why it has the potential to once again take the country into widespread conflagration.

And we constantly examine and reassess Algeria's 'place in the world'. What does it say about a country, when its leading daily newspaper admits that 'Algeria has money, but no friends'? We explain.

In short, our aim is not just to make oil companies and other foreign investors better informed, but to help their management become 'experts' on Algeria. For more information about Algeria Politics & Security, please contact us here.