Algeria

The New Guard
Ivory Coast, Namibia, Algeria

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Ivory CoastSimon Seroussi, Israel's new ambassador

NamibiaFrieda Mukufa, a poet with a clear commitment

AlgeriaSelma Bakhta Mansouri, Tebboune's understudy on the continent

Algiers shelves plans for Cherchell mega-port

The deepwater port of El Hamdania in the northern town will not finally be built. Part of Beijing's New Silk Road strategy, the project was launched in 2015, but has suffered numerous delays, not least 2019's change of political leadership.

French-language education loses out amid Paris-Algiers tensions

Even before the row over Western Sahara, there had been an increasing number of disagreements between Emmanuel Macron and Abdelmadjid Tebboune. One of them was over education and, as a result, the number of Algerian schools accredited by France has never taken off.

Tebboune faces questions about industrial woes in Annaba

Soon after Sifi Ghrieb's appointment as industry minister last year, MPs from the northeast quizzed him about problems facing factories in one of the country's industrial heartlands. The minister then raised the matter with the head of state.

French military intelligence, collateral victim of Paris-Algiers axis freeze

Like the rift between the two capitals, relations between Algeria's general staff and its French counterpart have come to an abrupt halt.

Algiers looking to renew military ties with Bamako and Niamey

While its relations with the Malian junta are at a standstill, Algeria is trying to restart its military cooperation with Burkina Faso and Niger.

The New Guard
Ghana, South Africa, Algeria

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

GhanaJohn Abdulai Jinapor, the new oil expert

South AfricaAshor Sarupen, a cooperative deputy finance minister

AlgeriaHabib Brahmia, a crestfallen opponent

Head of diplomacy Ahmed Attaf due in Syria

The Algerian foreign affairs minister will be travelling to Damascus, where he is due to meet his counterpart from the new regime, Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, later this week.

Algerian judiciary confiscates passports of business community

Thousands of Algerian nationals, among them businesspeople, politicians, journalists and their families, have been forbidden from leaving the country.

Algiers spares no effort to push its candidate for AU Commission deputy chair

In the run-up to next month's election for the African Union role, rival North African countries are busy preparing their campaign arguments. Algeria has sent two ministers across the continent in search of backing.

Algiers scrambles to keep South Korean giants

Algerian authorities are trying to reassure South Korean companies unimpressed with the performance of their investments.

State seeks control of Ennahar TV

With its CEO Anis Rahmani still behind bars, the country's largest television channel could soon fall into the hands of the state.

Russian General Sergei Surovikin fills absent ambassador's shoes

After a first trip to Oran in September 2023, the former commander-in-chief of Russia's aerospace forces has now settled in Algiers, where he is acting as an informal ambassador pending the appointment of an official diplomat by Moscow.

Riyadh set to provide funds to modernise Algerian railways

The chairman of the Saudi Export-Import Bank is in Algiers to grant financing.

French security provider Amarante International packs its bags

The drop in business from major foreign companies in Algeria has taken its toll on the French firm's local branch, which has been at a near standstill for months.