Watch for Algeria next too
Protests (Riots) expected there next week according to my (internationally owned) company’s web site. Travel advisory- no employees allowed to go there.
Security Warning - Algeria (7 February 2011) PrintSend
Valid until further notice. This Security Warning does not supersede the SW Algeria dated 14 January 2011.
The opposition National Co-ordination for Change and Democracy (NCCDC) is planning to stage rallies on 12 February in the capital Algiers and the north-western city of Oran (Oran province) to demand the revocation of emergency measures and broader political reforms. Civil society group Collectif SOS Libertés has indicated an intention to participate. In the capital, protesters are due to gather at 11.00 (local time) at the Place du 1er Mai in the east of the city, before marching north to the Place des Martyrs, in the Casbah area.
The authorities have banned the demonstration and suggested that opposition supporters instead gather at the Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex.
However, foreign personnel in the capital are most likely to mainly face inconvenience from restrictions to overland travel and probable attempts by the authorities to prevent an influx of protesters from Kabylie by erecting roadblocks, especially at eastern access points to the city. Impromptu roadblocks erected by angry protesters may also disrupt traffic.
[company name] Corporate Security Department, in coordination with Country President Samir Karoum, advises against any travel in Algeria between Friday the 11st of February at noon and Sunday the 13th of February 2011, at noon: