Stories about Algeria from October, 2009
Algeria: The Culture of Rioting
The Moor Next Door takes a closer look at the culture of rioting in Algeria: “A decade of national reconciliation has produce a society where young men riot by night and by day plot escape routs out of Algeria, via suicide or sea.”
Algeria: An American Political Cartoonist's Account
American political cartoonist Daryl Cagle recently sojourned to Algeria for a comics convention; he shares his experiences on his blog.
Algeria: Poor News Coverage
The Maghreb region is not being given prominent coverage in the Press, complains Algerian blogger The Moor Next Door.
Western Sahara: Hunger Strike in Support for Separatists
Solidarité Maroc [Fr], an online forum regrouping some Moroccan human rights activist, publishes an appeal (video) by French national Jean François Debargue who's on hunger strike in solidarity with Sahrawis whom he says are living in “dire conditions” in Western Sahara – a territory administered by Morocco and contested by...
Algeria: Qadhafi at the UN
The Moor Next Door, an Algerian-American blogger, comments on Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi's appearance at the United Nations.
