Simon Speakman Cordall Simon Speakman Cordall is a Tunis-based journalist. On Twitter: @IgnitionUK 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 North Africa braces for coronavirus It remains unclear how the coronavirus outbreak will affect the economies and social fabric of North African countries. Simon Speakman Cordall | Algeria | Mar 17, 2020 Pagination Show more Popular Articles Gantz informs Biden administration of updated Israeli plans to strike Iran Al-Monitor Staff | Israel | Mar 5, 2021 Online ‘auctions’ of Yazidi captives speak of ongoing Islamic State activity in Turkey Fehim Tastekin | Iraq | Mar 5, 2021 Egypt moves ahead with purchase of Russian arms despite US warnings A correspondent in Egypt | Egypt | Mar 3, 2021 Biden administration's textbook approach to Iran may be paying off Week in Review | U.S. | Mar 5, 2021 Pope urges Iraqis 'not to give up' as historic pilgrimage ends Shelly Kittleson | Iraq | Mar 7, 2021 Recent Podcasts Former IDF colonel Udi Evental warns: Confronting US on Iran has price tag Ambassador Murat Mercan expects more US-Turkish cooperation, despite differences Sudan hoping for shift in Ethiopian position on Nile Dam talks, says Nureldin Satti, Sudan’s Ambassador to US Israeli Labor party head Merav Michaeli says election success only the beginning Is Turkey's authoritarian president losing his grip? Wishful thinking, says Ankara-based journalist Raziye Akkoc
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
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