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Mohamed Hassaïne
Mohamed Hassaïne ( ar, محمد حساين) (born in Beni Amrane on 5 January 1945, and died in Larbatache on 28 February 1994) was an Algerian journalist. Early life Hassaïne was born in 1945 in the village of Azela, Boumerdès, Azela within the Thénia District in the lower Kabylia region of Algeria, east of the Khachna Massif and south-east of the town of Boumerdès. After primary and intermediate studies in Beni Amrane, Hassaïne continued his secondary education at a high school in Algiers, where he obtained the diploma of higher technician in agriculture, and began his professional career by working in the agricultural sub-directorate of Khemis El Khechna under the agricultural directorate of the Boumerdès Province. Socialist Vanguard Party Hassaïne joined as a militant within the Socialist Vanguard Party (PAGS), and he knew how to translate the main political principles of the Algerian left into simple militant actions centered on taking care of the daily concerns of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beni Amrane
Beni Amrane is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 21,452. Villages The villages of the commune of ''Beni Amrane'' are: History French conquest * Expedition of the Col des Beni Aïcha (1837) * First Battle of the Issers (1837) * Battle of the Col des Beni Aïcha (1871) Algerian Revolution * Ferme Gauthier Salafist terrorism * 2008 Beni Amrane bombings (9 June 2008) Rivers This commune is crossed by several rivers: * Boumerdès River * Corso River * Isser River * Meraldene River Football clubs Notable people * Boualem Boukacem (born 1957), Algerian artist. * Maamar Bettayeb (born 1953), Algerian academician. *Mohamed Hassaïne Mohamed Hassaïne ( ar, محمد حساين) (born in Beni Amrane on 5 January 1945, and died in Larbatache on 28 February 1994) was an Algerian journalist. Early life Hassaïne was born in 1945 in the village of Azela within the Thénia Dis ... (1945-1994), Alg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Benchicou
Mohammed Boualem Benchicou ( ar, محمد بنشيكو) (born 1952 in Miliana, Aïn Defla Province) was the director and publisher of the Algerian newspaper ''Le Matin (Algeria), Le Matin ( en, the sunrise)'', closed in August 2006. Career In 1989, he was one of the founders of the movement of Algerian journalists (MJA) a movement born during the opening of the media field. He then leads the team which relaunched ''Alger Républicain'', banned from publication in 1965. Benchicou left ''Alger Républicain'' in 1991 with Saïd Mekbel and Fodil Mezali and founded the daily newspaper ''Le Matin'' of opposition. In June 2004, he was sentenced to two years in prison for an infraction in money exchange regulation. In July, SIMPRAL, the Algiers-based government publisher, stopped printing ''Le Matin'' for its failure to pay a debt of 38 million dinars ($535,200) PEN (the international association of writers) describes the prison in which Benchicou was in as harsh and infested with lic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Algerian Assassinated Journalists
The following is a list of Algerian journalists who have been assassinated by salafist terrorism in Algeria. Journalists A * Mustapha Abada * Ali Abboud * Mohamed Abderrahmani * Boussaâd Abdiche * Khaled Aboulkacem * Louiza Aït Adda * Laïd-Ali Aït El Hara * Allaoua Aït Mebarek * Zineddine Aliou-Salah * Yahia Ammour * Djilali Arabdiou B * Saâdeddine Bakhtaoui * Mouloud Baroudi * Achour Belghezli * Mohamed Belkacem * Messaoud Bellache * Mohamed-Salah Benachour * Bakhti Benaouda * Hassan Benaouda * Rachid Bendahou * Abdelkrim Bendaoud * Hamidou Benkherfallah * Abdelhamid Benmeni * Lahcène Bensaadallah * Yahia Benzaghou * Zoubida Berkane * Aziz Bouabdallah * Djamel Bouchibi * Khaled Bougherbal * Ahmed Bouguerra * Abdallah Bouhachek * Djamel Bouhidel * Ali Boukherbache * Makhlouf Boukhezar * Kaddour Bousselham * Tayeb Bouterfif * Farida Bouziane * Radja Brahimi * Saïd Brahimi * Yasmine Brikh C * Abderrahmane Chergou * Ferhat Che ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Othmane Senadjki
Othmane Senadjki ( ar, عثمان سناجقي) (born in Khemis El Khechna on 23 May 1959 and died in Béni Messous on 29 December 2010) was an Algerian journalist and editor-in-chief of El Khabar newspaper. Early life Senadjki was born in 1959 in the town of Khemis El Khechna in the lower Kabylia region of Algeria, west of the Khachna Massif and south-west of the town of Boumerdès. After primary and intermediate studies in Khemis El Khechna, Senadjki continued his secondary studies at Lycée Ibn Tumart in the town of Boufarik where he obtained his baccalaureate in 1978, and then pursued studies in political science and international relations at the University of Algiers where he obtained his bachelor's degree in 1982. Ech-Chaab Senadjki began his journalistic career in 1985 at the public newspaper Ech-Chaab after completing his military service in the Algerian army which lasted two years, and after having passed the entrance examination to this Algerian Arabic-speaking daily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Press Freedom Day
The United Nations General Assembly declared May 3 to be World Press Freedom Day or just World Press Day, observed to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression enshrined under Article 19 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and marking the anniversary of the Windhoek Declaration, a statement of free press principles put together by African newspaper journalists in Windhoek in 1991. History In 2018, a conference sponsored by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations was canceled. In 2018, several news organizations joined for an ad campaign. Slain journalists in Kabul were remembered. Prizes GIS Director, Clement Wulf-Soulage in 2017 UNESCO marks World Press Freedom Day by conferring the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize on a deserving individual, organisation or institution that has made an outstanding contribution to the defence and/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boudouaou
Boudouaou, during French colonialism known as L'Alma (or Alma) is a town in the western part of Boumerdès, Algeria. It is a coastal town on the Mediterranean Sea. Its population in 2008 was 56,398. The original name is thought to be ''bou-dhou-aou'', for illuminator in reference to a small insect the size of a beetle which at night shows beautiful brilliant green light in its tail. Archaeology Several prehistoric vestiges were discovered during the period of occupation. With the arrival of the colonizers and the project of colonization on the lands of Boudouaou, many prehistoric vestiges under the occupation were disc ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armed Islamic Group Of Algeria
The Armed Islamic Group (GIA, from french: Groupe Islamique Armé; ar, الجماعة الإسلامية المسلّحة, al-Jamāʿa l-ʾIslāmiyya l-Musallaḥa) was one of the two main Islamist insurgent groups that fought the Algerian government and army in the Algerian Civil War. It was created from smaller armed groups following the 1992 military coup and arrest and internment of thousands of officials in the Islamist Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) party after that party won the first round of parliamentary elections in December 1991. It was led by a succession of ''amirs'' (commanders) who were killed or arrested one after another. Unlike the other main armed groups, the Mouvement Islamique Arme (MIA) and later the Islamic Salvation Army (AIS), in its pursuit of an Islamic state the GIA sought not to pressure the government into concessions but to destabilise and overthrow it, to "purge the land of the ungodly". Kepel, ''Jihad'', 2002: p.260, 266 Its slogan inscribed on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Algerian National Reconciliation Referendum
The 2005 Algerian national reconciliation referendum took place in Algeria on 29 September 2005. The referendum was held on a Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation which had been drawn up to try to bring closure to the Algerian Civil War. The official results showed an overwhelming vote in favour on a high voter turnout, turnout. Background The Algerian Civil War, which had begun in 1991 after the military cancelled the 1991 Algerian legislative election, 1991 National Assembly elections to prevent Islamists from winning, had led to at least 150,000 people dying by 2005. Since the late 1990s violence had been declining and the government of President of Algeria, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika began drawing up plans for an amnesty for both members of the Military of Algeria, military and Islamists. The Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation that was produced would offer an amnesty to anyone who had taken part in the civil war unless they had taken part in rapes, mass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salafist Terrorism In Algeria
The Algerian Civil War ( ar, rtl=yes, الْحَرْبُ الْأَهْلِيَّةُ الجَزَائِرِيَّةُ, al-Ḥarb al-ʾAhlīyah al-Jazāʾirīyah) was a civil war in Algeria fought between the Algerian government and various Islamist rebel groups from 26 December 1991 (following a coup negating an Islamist electoral victory) to 8 February 2002. The war began slowly, as it initially appeared the government had successfully crushed the Islamist movement, but armed groups emerged to declare jihad and by 1994, violence had reached such a level that it appeared the government might not be able to withstand it. By 1996–97, it had become clear that the Islamist resistance had lost its popular support, although fighting continued for several years after. Kepel, ''Jihad'', 2002: p.255 The war has been referred to as 'the dirty war' (''la sale guerre''), and saw extreme violence and brutality used against civilians. Kepel, ''Jihad'', 2002: p.254 Islamists targeted j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramadan
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Reghaïa
Reghaïa is a municipality in Algiers Province, Algeria. It is located in Rouïba district and is the most populated municipality of the district. Geography It is located in the northern part of the plain of Mitidja, with sandy beaches along the coast. It is home to a Ramsar-recognized humid marsh and a lake having an area of and a length of . A natural reserve is being built there. There is also a island there: ''Hadjrat Bounattah/Ile Agueli'', one kilometer (0.6 miles) from the beach of Reghaïa. History Reghaïa original name are " re agha " , "region agha ", the urbanization of the area started with the arriving of the ''Ouled Hadjadj'' tribe, with origins from today's Morocco. During the start of the French rule in Algeria, Reghaïa came into existence as a district by an act signed by Napoleon III in 1858, and it became a purely agricultural colony of 3000 hectares (7413 acres) which were given to two French settler families ''Mercier'' and ''Saussine'' (the latter was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
