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Algeria
Ahmed Gaid Salah takes over secret services

Ahmed Gaid Salah struck a double blow in having Said Bouteflika, Mohamed Mediene (alias "Toufik") and Athmane Tartag (aka "Bechir") [...]

Published on 09/05/2019 at 04:30 GMT

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Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Ahmed Gaid Salah
Athmane Tartag
Bechir
Boura "Abdelkader" Rezigue
DRS
DSI
Llamine Zeroual
Mohamed Mediene
Ouass1ni Bouazza
Said Bouteflika
Toufik

Algeria
Benhamza is Gaid Salah's business "angel"

Colonel Nabil Benhamza has been appointed during the summer head of the business monitoring service at the Interior Security Directorate [...]

Subscribers only Politics 22.08.2019

Spotlight | Algeria
Intelligence: Ahmed Gaid Salah recreates his own "DRS"

Army chief of staff Ahmed Gaid Salah is manoeuvring furiously to strengthen his hold over post-Bouteflika Algeria. He has set about turning the Army Central Security Directorate, the DCSA, into an all-powerful intelligence service comparable to the former Intelligence and [.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 18.07.2019

Algeria
Ahmed Gaid Salah activates propaganda arm

Army chief of staff Ahmed Gaid Salah is increasingly relying on his communication and information department, the DCIO, to keep [...]

Subscribers only Politics 27.06.2019

Algeria
Ahmed Gaid Salah keeps the courts on overload

Ahmed Gaid Salah is not planning to bring to an early end the spectacular series of detentions of former high-ranking [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.06.2019

Algeria
FLN: Amar Saadani tries to help Gaid Salah through Mohamed Djemai

Mohamed Djemai, who has been secretary general of the FLN [...]

Subscribers only 06.06.2019

Algeria
Khaled Nezzar back in business after giving his allegiance to Ahmed Gaid Salah

The contract is a modest one but one which is nevertheless good news for retired general and former defence minister [...]

Subscribers only Business 30.05.2019

Tunisia
The Essebsi family fear a Bouteflika-style exit

The arrest of Said Bouteflika on May and his imprisonment [...]

Subscribers only 09.05.2019

Algeria
Ahmed Gaid Salah plays for time and power

Ahmed Gaid Salah is playing for time as he tries to keep control of the post-Bouteflika transition process. As we [...]

Subscribers only Politics 02.05.2019

Spotlight | Algeria
Bouteflika's fate in the hands of the protesters… and Gaid Salah

The Bouteflika clan, which until a few days ago was convinced that its champion's re-election was a mere formality (MC 1329), seems to be losing control. The president's entourage, which had previously been manoeuvring for position, is now waiting in [.

Subscribers only Politics 14.03.2019

Spotlight | Algeria
Bouteflika die-hards go into resistance mode

Only members of the inner core of the Bouteflika clan are continuing to defend the rais's plans to stand for a fifth presidential term on April 18. Without any back-up plan, the "president's men" are maintaining course at whatever cost [.

Subscribers only Politics 07.03.2019

Spotlight | Algeria
Tebboune cleans up Sellal era contracts

Abdelmajid Tebboune, who has been head of government since May 25, has wasted no time in launching a major review of public sector contracts signed by his predecessor as prime minister, Abdelmalek Sellal. According to our sources, Tebboune signed an urgent [.

Subscribers only Politics 13.07.2017

Spotlight | Algeria
Bouteflika manœuvres against Ahmed Gaid Salah

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who returned to Algiers on November 15 after eight days in hospital in Grenoble, France, can now resume his manoeuvres against chief of staff Ahmed Gaid Salah, a former ally who has now become an encumbrance to [.

Subscribers only Politics 17.11.2016

Spotlight | Algeria
Saâdani pays for his losing bet on Gaïd Salah

FLN secretary general Amar Saâdani is striving to win back the favours of Abdelaziz Bouteflika. But the Algerian president’s brother, Saïd Bouteflika, is still determined to have the scalp of the man he suspects is a supporter of army head [.

Subscribers only Politics 17.03.2016

Spotlight | Algeria
Bouteflika’s next target - Ahmed Gaïd Salah ?

It was the logical conclusion of the sacking of Mohamed "Toufik" Médiene in September. The DRS intelligence and security department he headed has been turned into the DSS security services directorate, thus rebuilding the country’s power structure around Abdelaziz Bouteflika [.

Subscribers only Politics 28.01.2016

Spotlight | Algeria
A rejuvenated security team for the post-Bouteflika era

The security shake-up carried out by Abdelaziz Bouteflika will enable him - and his successor when he hands over power - to make use of a completely new security high command. This promises to be useful at a time when [.

Subscribers only Politics 17.09.2015

Spotlight | Algeria
Bouteflika’s new ballot: a play in 3 acts

Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s camp has hatched a neat scenario to get their champion re-elected in April and see him through the first months following his victory. On condition everything goes as planned. The first act will unfold around March 15.

Subscribers only Politics 27.02.2014

Spotlight | Algeria
Bouteflika triggers vast security shakeup

On the defensive for months (MC 1061), president Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s clan headed by his brother Said has embarked on a drive to curb the powers of the country’s security establishment. Their determination lies behind sudden changes at the intelligence and [.

Subscribers only Politics 12.09.2013

Spotlight | Algeria
Bouteflika is ill, and so what?

With Algiers abuzz with rumours about an imminent return of Abdelaziz Bouteflika from hospital in Paris, the idea of retaining the president in his post - even if physically diminished - until the presidential election in 2014 is gaining traction.

Subscribers only Politics 30.05.2013

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French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

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From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

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Ahmed Gaid Salah takes over secret services

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Benhamza is Gaid Salah's business "angel"

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Intelligence: Ahmed Gaid Salah recreates his own "DRS"

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Ahmed Gaid Salah activates propaganda arm

Algeria
Ahmed Gaid Salah keeps the courts on overload

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FLN: Amar Saadani tries to help Gaid Salah through Mohamed Djemai

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Khaled Nezzar back in business after giving his allegiance to Ahmed Gaid Salah

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Bouteflika's fate in the hands of the protesters… and Gaid Salah

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Bouteflika die-hards go into resistance mode

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Tebboune cleans up Sellal era contracts

Spotlight | Algeria
Bouteflika manœuvres against Ahmed Gaid Salah

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Saâdani pays for his losing bet on Gaïd Salah

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