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Weary protesters see straight through Tebboune's 'new Algeria' Voices 5 min read 16 Jul, 2021 Comment: A month after the election, Algerians are back on the streets protesting the same corruption, lack of reform and joblessness that led them to boycott the vote, writes Malia Bouattia. Algerians have been protesting against the military regime since February 2019 [Getty] Despite Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's declaration that the recent parliamentary elections would deliver a "new Algeria," the uprisings this week in the south of the country suggest that the same old problems...

A bittersweet week for Muslims in the Netherlands A bittersweet week for Muslims in the Netherlands Voices 5 min read 09 Jul, 2021 Opinion: In the Netherlands, and across northern Europe, Islamophobia is no longer seen as an ignorant minority ideology, but has become a more acceptable part of mainstream debate, writes Malia Bouattia. The Supreme Court of the Netherlands upheld a guilty verdict against PVV leader Geert Wilders on 6 July, 2021 for inciting racial hatred. [Getty] It has been a bittersweet week for Muslims in the Netherlands. The announcement of far-right Geert Wilders' co...

Globally, six women are killed every hour by men. During the Covid-19 crisis, the numbers of women facing sexual and physical violence increased even further, according to the United Nations.  In Algeria, the reality is no different. During the pandemic the levels of violence experienced by women raised an alarm across society. The organisation Femicides Algeria recorded 75 murders of women in 2019, 54 in 2020, and already nine so far this year. Furthermore, the government registered 7,000 complaints of violence against women last year. The reality is likely to be much worse, given that do...

Comment: Algeria's protesters returned to the streets this week, proving they haven't been weakened by the hiatus caused by the pandemic, or regime attempts to stifle them, writes Malia Bouattia.

France's nuclear colonial legacy in Algeria A French general speaks about France's series of nuclear tests in Reggane, Algeria, 1960 [AFP] Date of publication: 12 February, 2021 Share this page: President Emmanuel Macron's recent statement that a "memories and truth" commission will be established to look into the history of the French colonisation of Algeria, has led to much public discussion over this bloody legacy. And in this context, the absence of apologies or offers of reparations by the French state has not gone unnotic...