Jessica Northey is a Research Associate with the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at the University of Coventry. She gained her PhD from the European University Institute in Italy and is a country expert with the Bertelsmann Foundation. Jessica has recently published 'Associations and Democracy in Algeria' (2017) with Democratization and her upcoming book Civil Society in Algeria: activism, identity and the democratic process will be published with I.B.Tauris.
-
Published in: North Africa, West Asia: AnalysisThese elections were supposed to deliver a ‘New Algeria’. So why didn't Algerians vote?The country has just seen its lowest ever voter turnout, weakening the standing of those elected and exposing an...
-
Published in: North Africa, West Asia: AnalysisHirak anniversary: Political prisoners freed as Algerians continue to protestTwo years on from the Hirak movement that brought down the former regime, people in Algeria are again taking to the...
-
Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Algerian Hirak: Young people and the non-violent revolutionAs foreign commentators predict its end or failure – Algerians march on. But not without the anxiety, worry and deep...
-
Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAlgeria breaks the wall of fearThousands of Algerians march to say 'No!' to a fifth presidential mandate for Bouteflika.
-
Published in: North Africa, West AsiaColonial history in the French elections: Algeria, Le Pen, and fascism at the heart of EuropeMarine Le Pen's declaration that colonialism was a positive thing is not only a denial of France's painful history,...