Lebanon and Algeria, two countries led by corrupt elites who hijacked the ambitions of youth to democracy and prosperity, share many of their plagues, according to Algerian senior opposition leader Said Saadi. Lebanon was torn apart until the 1990s when Algeria sank in a tragic civil war known as the black decade. According to Saadi, the two countries have suffered from assassinations as political score settling method. Just like Lebanon where many political leaders were killed by their opponents, the latest of whom is Rafik Hariri. However, Saadi warns that if Beirut was devastated by an explosion, Algeria heads straight to a financial blast as it continues to burn into its foreign exchange reserves.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 13, 2020 13:07 UTC