Simon Speakman Cordall Simon Speakman Cordall is a Tunis-based journalist. On Twitter: @IgnitionUK Tensions between Morocco, Polisario Front remain after leader's killing Polisario Front Police Chief Addah al-Bendir was murdered. And much like the long-simmering dispute between the Front and Morocco, nothing about his death is clear. Simon Speakman Cordall | North Africa | May 6, 2021 Algerian protesters keep up pressure as government targets activists abroad Algeria's pro-democracy Hirak movement hits the streets, calling for a civil state. Simon Speakman Cordall | North Africa | Apr 7, 2021 Can France’s decision to speed up declassification of Algeria war archives ease trauma in Algiers? In light of France's attempt to reconcile with its former colony Algeria, it has announced the easing of security restrictions on the French archives of the Algerian war. Simon Speakman Cordall | Algeria | Mar 18, 2021 Algeria: Running on fumes Unless oil prices go way up, Algeria is in a world of hurt. Simon Speakman Cordall | Algeria | Feb 17, 2021 Algerian courts use cover of pandemic to reverse protesters' gains Reforms sought by Algeria's Harek, or mass movement, are "stillborn" as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Simon Speakman Cordall | Originals | Jan 27, 2021 Tunisian activists struggle to rein in police power Tunisians eager for justice and reform are fighting another bill to increase the powers of the country's already virtually untouchable police force. Simon Speakman Cordall | Tunisia | Dec 3, 2020 Algeria cracks down on press as protest movement persists Algeria's massive protest movement, temporarily stifled by the pandemic, is also seeing many activists and journalists jailed as the government. Simon Speakman Cordall | Algeria | Oct 2, 2020 Algerians warn EU trade agreement could further decimate economy As the free trade accord goes into effect this weak, Algeria fears the consequences could be devastating. Simon Speakman Cordall | Algeria | Aug 31, 2020 Algeria, Tunisia on sidelines of regional diplomacy over Libya conflict Algeria is concerned about whether Egypt will deploy force in Libya. Simon Speakman Cordall | Egypt | Jul 23, 2020 Algeria calls on France to reckon with colonial past as BLM rocks globe As the Black Lives Matter movement demonstrations continue, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has demanded an apology from France for its treatment of Algerians under 132 years of French occupation. Simon Speakman Cordall | Algeria | Jul 9, 2020 Pagination Show more Popular Articles Did whales originate in Egyptian waters? Muhammed Magdy | Culture | Aug 31, 2021 Is Moscow using the S-400 against Turkey? Semih Idiz | Turkey | Sep 3, 2021 Iraqi Kurdish leader helps ease Turkey-UAE tensions Amberin Zaman | Turkey | Aug 31, 2021 Boxed in: Bennett, Abbas can’t win despite ‘goodwill gestures’ Week in Review | Israel | Sep 3, 2021 What Erdogan missed in skipping Baghdad conference Fehim Tastekin | Turkey | Sep 2, 2021 Recent Podcasts Vivian Salama previews the Biden administration’s Middle East priorities at the UN General Assembly Dana Weiss: Bennett’s government here to stay Europe, West threatened by atmospheric Jihadism and the entrepreneurs of wrath, says Gilles Kepel Michael Oren: Israel must build case legitimizing possible action against Iran Iraqis fear worse chaos amid waning US presence, says Bilal Wahab
Tensions between Morocco, Polisario Front remain after leader's killing Polisario Front Police Chief Addah al-Bendir was murdered. And much like the long-simmering dispute between the Front and Morocco, nothing about his death is clear. Simon Speakman Cordall | North Africa | May 6, 2021
Algerian protesters keep up pressure as government targets activists abroad Algeria's pro-democracy Hirak movement hits the streets, calling for a civil state. Simon Speakman Cordall | North Africa | Apr 7, 2021
Can France’s decision to speed up declassification of Algeria war archives ease trauma in Algiers? In light of France's attempt to reconcile with its former colony Algeria, it has announced the easing of security restrictions on the French archives of the Algerian war. Simon Speakman Cordall | Algeria | Mar 18, 2021
Algeria: Running on fumes Unless oil prices go way up, Algeria is in a world of hurt. Simon Speakman Cordall | Algeria | Feb 17, 2021
Algerian courts use cover of pandemic to reverse protesters' gains Reforms sought by Algeria's Harek, or mass movement, are "stillborn" as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Simon Speakman Cordall | Originals | Jan 27, 2021
Tunisian activists struggle to rein in police power Tunisians eager for justice and reform are fighting another bill to increase the powers of the country's already virtually untouchable police force. Simon Speakman Cordall | Tunisia | Dec 3, 2020
Algeria cracks down on press as protest movement persists Algeria's massive protest movement, temporarily stifled by the pandemic, is also seeing many activists and journalists jailed as the government. Simon Speakman Cordall | Algeria | Oct 2, 2020
Algerians warn EU trade agreement could further decimate economy As the free trade accord goes into effect this weak, Algeria fears the consequences could be devastating. Simon Speakman Cordall | Algeria | Aug 31, 2020
Algeria, Tunisia on sidelines of regional diplomacy over Libya conflict Algeria is concerned about whether Egypt will deploy force in Libya. Simon Speakman Cordall | Egypt | Jul 23, 2020
Algeria calls on France to reckon with colonial past as BLM rocks globe As the Black Lives Matter movement demonstrations continue, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has demanded an apology from France for its treatment of Algerians under 132 years of French occupation. Simon Speakman Cordall | Algeria | Jul 9, 2020
