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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 [...] (659 words)

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Abdallah Djaballah
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Abdelkader Bensalah
Abdelouahab
Abderrazak Makri
Africa Cup of Nations
Ahmed Gaid Salah
Al Adala
Ali Benflis
Athmane "Bechir" Tartag
Bouza "Abdelkader" Rezigue
DCSA
DGD
DRS
DRT
DSI
FLN
General Directorate for Internal Security
Mohamed "Toufik" Mediene
MSP
National Popular Assembly
Noureddine Bedoui
Ouassini Bouazza
Slimane Chenine
Smail Afadjene
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Tebboune gets rid of Bouteflika appointees at the foreign ministry

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Karim Younes tipped to be Tebboune's anti-Hirak mediator

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is planning to create a post of [...]

ALGERIA 23/01/2020

Fortius Consulting Algeria is wound up after losing Chikaoui

British company Fortius Consulting, which works mainly for defence industry [...]

ALGERIA 09/01/2020

An army of spies for Chengriha

The army is not waiting for the looming overhaul of the intelligence apparatus to take place before resuming the agencies' [...]

ALGERIA 09/01/2020

Cevital: How Omar Rebrab negotiated his father's freedom

Omar Rebrab, the elder son of the Cevital conglomerate founder Issad Rebrab, secured his billionaire father's release on January 2, [...]

Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune. © Reuters

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ALGERIA 09/01/2020

Abdelmadjid Tebboune's limited room for manoeuvre

The key elements of Abdelmadjid Tebboune's roadmap were drawn up even before his December 12 election (MC 1366). Paradoxically, the death of Ahmed Gaïd Salah will give free rein to the new president, who was (badly) elected in a vote [. [...]

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ALGERIA 12/12/2019

Ahmed Gaid Salah to stay in charge after minimalist transition

Whether it be Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Azzedine Mihoubi, Ali Benflis, Abdelaziz Belaïd or Abdelkader Bengrina, the president elected on December 12 will arrive in the El Mouradia Palace with his hands and feet bound. He will take charge of a state [. [...]

ALGERIA 03/12/2019

The political-military currents that cost Hachichi his Sonatrach posting

It was, according to our sources, Gen. Ouassini Bouazza, the man who has been at the helm of the country's [...]

ALGERIA 28/11/2019

Benflis serves as his father's voice in Washington and Paris

Despite having been forced to cancel his election meeting in [...]

ALGERIA 14/11/2019

Azzedine Mihoubi appoints an old-style team

RND party candidate Azzedine Mihoubi has virtually finished composing his campaign team for the December 12 presidential elections. His campaign [...]

ALGERIA 24/10/2019

Deputy Ali el-Hamel drops out of Sahara Gaz management line-up

Ali el-Hamel, vice president of the National Popular Assembly (APN) and a leading business figure in his Adrar power base, [...]

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ALGERIA 24/10/2019

Ahmed Gaid Salah sets election and intelligence reform tempo

As well as remonstrating with the demonstrators, army chief of staff Ahmed Gaid Salah is continuing to work to strengthen his hold over the intelligence services. He wants to be able to weigh on events after the December 12 presidential [. [...]

ALGERIA 17/10/2019

Nabil Benhamza takes over as head of the DCSA

As Maghreb Confidential foresaw, colonel Nabil Benhamza has been named [...]

ALGERIA 10/10/2019

Ahmed Gaid Salah plans new intelligence reform

An umpteenth reorganisation of Algeria's intelligence services looks to be on the way. According to our sources, army chief of [...]

ALGERIA 26/09/2019

Is Tebboune Gaid Salah's trump card?

Abdelmadjid Tebboune's expected candidature in the December presidential elections could give Ahmed Gaid Salah the perfect solution to his current [...]

A protest in Algiers, September 10. © Reuters

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ALGERIA 12/09/2019

Ahmed Gaid Salah plays his last cards against the hirak

"Forward march and goose step!" In effect, that is the order given by army chief of staff Ahmed Gaid Salah to the Bensalah government. It has the job of organising a presidential election before the end of 2019 and thus [. [...]

ALGERIA 05/09/2019

Ahmed Gaid Salah has a date but no candidate

Army chief of staff Ahmed Gaid Salah has taken back control of the political agenda after calling on September 2 [...]

ALGERIA 29/08/2019

Noureddine Bedoui investigated for corruption

Time looks to be running out for prime minister Noureddine Bedoui. According to our sources in Algiers, Bedoui is being [...]

ALGERIA 29/08/2019

Ahmed Gaid Salah puts his own people in the embassy

Interim president Abdelkader Bensalah, under the direction of army chief [...]

ALGERIA 22/08/2019

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 [...]

ALGERIA 20/06/2019

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 [...]

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ALGERIA 23/05/2019

How Ahmed Gaid Salah is bringing the businessmen to heel

Aside from his sabre-rattling about "fomenters of discord" plotting to "infiltrate" the demonstrations to spread "anarchy", army chief of staff Ahmed Gaid Salah has been methodically extending the scope of his influence with the aim of keeping control of the [. [...]

ALGERIA 09/05/2019

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") [...]

ALGERIA 02/05/2019

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 [...]

ALGERIA 18/04/2019

Ahmed Gaid Salah's drops new election date

Two weeks after having speeded up the end of the reign of his old ally, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Ahmed Gaid Salah [...]

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ALGERIA 07/03/2019

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 [. [...]

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ALGERIA 28/02/2019

Bouteflika puts on velvet gloves to secure 5th term

Confronted with the biggest popular protest movement for two decades, the Bouteflika clan has bent but not broken. While the rais, who is physically frail, has been in Geneva since February 24 for "periodical medical examinations", his entourage has adopted [. [...]

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ALGERIA 17/11/2016

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 [. [...]

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ALGERIA 17/03/2016

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 [. [...]

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ALGERIA 17/09/2015

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 [. [...]

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ALGERIA 27/02/2014

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. [...]

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ALGERIA 19/09/2013

Bouteflika weighs up election options

Abdelaziz Bouteflika's surprise cabinet reshuffle and security purge last week (MC 1077) has given the scandal-dogged presidential clan the opportunity to put itself centre-stage in the lead-up to the presidential elections next year. That the president will have a hand [. [...]

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ALGERIA 12/09/2013

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 [. [...]

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Tebboune gets rid of Bouteflika appointees at the foreign ministry

Karim Younes tipped to be Tebboune's anti-Hirak mediator

Fortius Consulting Algeria is wound up after losing Chikaoui

An army of spies for Chengriha

Cevital: How Omar Rebrab negotiated his father's freedom

Abdelmadjid Tebboune's limited room for manoeuvre

Ahmed Gaid Salah to stay in charge after minimalist transition

The political-military currents that cost Hachichi his Sonatrach posting

Benflis serves as his father's voice in Washington and Paris

Azzedine Mihoubi appoints an old-style team

Deputy Ali el-Hamel drops out of Sahara Gaz management line-up

Ahmed Gaid Salah sets election and intelligence reform tempo

Nabil Benhamza takes over as head of the DCSA

Ahmed Gaid Salah plans new intelligence reform

Is Tebboune Gaid Salah's trump card?

Ahmed Gaid Salah plays his last cards against the hirak

Ahmed Gaid Salah has a date but no candidate

Noureddine Bedoui investigated for corruption

Ahmed Gaid Salah puts his own people in the embassy

Benhamza is Gaid Salah's business "angel"

Ahmed Gaid Salah keeps the courts on overload

How Ahmed Gaid Salah is bringing the businessmen to heel

Ahmed Gaid Salah takes over secret services

Ahmed Gaid Salah plays for time and power

Ahmed Gaid Salah's drops new election date

Bouteflika die-hards go into resistance mode

Bouteflika puts on velvet gloves to secure 5th term

Bouteflika manœuvres against Ahmed Gaid Salah

Saâdani pays for his losing bet on Gaïd Salah

A rejuvenated security team for the post-Bouteflika era

Bouteflika’s new ballot: a play in 3 acts

Bouteflika weighs up election options

Bouteflika triggers vast security shakeup

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