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Algeria

Algiers scrambles to keep South Korean giants

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

Subscribers only Business 18.12.2024

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.

Subscribers only Business 17.12.2024

Inner circles
Army chief Saïd Chengriha asserts himself in relation to Tebboune

Army chief of staff Saïd Chengri in Algiers on 12 October 2022. © ANIS/APP via MaxPPP

Subscribers only Defence 13.12.2024

An oil and gas field operated by Sonatrach in Hassi Messaoud, in Algeria, February 2023. © APP/NurPhoto via AFP

Lotfi Bellahcene, the Algerian oil sector's new golden boy

Trading, exploration and production, renewable energy and mining… The Franco-Algerian businessman has a wide-ranging portfolio, which has brought him success to date in Algeria, West Africa and, most recently, Europe.

Free access Energy 19.11.2024

French President Emmanuel Macron with his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Fasano, Italy, 14 June 2024. © Christopher Furlong/Getty Images via AFP

Agri-food giants breathe sigh of relief after Algiers' trade sanctions withdrawn

After deciding to unofficially take economic retaliatory measures against France, Algeria has finally backed down. Several major groups had begun to reorganise their logistics.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 11.11.2024

Youcef Cherfa launching the wheat harvesting season in Bouira, Algeria on 4 June 2024. © APP/NurPhoto via AFP

EU to take up French wheat producers' discrimination claim with Algiers

In a few days, a European Commission delegation will travel to Algiers for talks about alleged discrimination against French soft wheat producers in the latest tender call from the Algerian cereals office.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 06.11.2024

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.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.12.2024

Riyadh set to provide funds to modernise Algerian railways

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

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Finance 06.12.2024

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.

Subscribers only Business 05.12.2024

Court of Arbitration for Sport summons Algerian Football Federation and Evol Sport

The hearing will take place by videoconference on 28 November.

Subscribers only Business 15.11.2024

The dramatic fall of Saida Neghza

A prominent businesswoman and formerly head of the country's leading employers' organisation, Neghza is now under investigation following months of conflict with President Tebboune's staff.

Subscribers only Politics 25.10.2024

Saida Neghza, former president of the CGEA employers' organisation, in Algiers in October 2022.

Spotlight
Algiers puts pressure on General Electric over its involvement in project in Western Sahara

Pressure from Algeria could endanger a green hydrogen project in Laâyoune in the disputed territory of Western Sahara. US group General Electric's energy subsidiary was to provide the project with its expertise.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 22.10.2024

A factory belonging to US group General Electric, in France.

Ex-DGSN security service chief Abdelghani Hamel back in hospital

Former national police commissioner Abdelghani Hamel was admitted to the Mustapha-Pacha hospital in Algiers in early October to undergo major surgery.

Subscribers only Politics 15.10.2024

Fratelli d'Italia MEP to lead European parliament North Africa delegation

Ruggero Razza has been appointed its chair.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 10.10.2024

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Equinor initiates drastic downsizing in Africa

In the coming months, the continent looks set to take a back seat in the portfolio of the Norwegian major amid plans to significantly curtail operations in Algeria and Nigeria.

Subscribers only Energy 07.10.2024

Anders Opedal, President and CEO of Equinor, in Doha on 26 March 2022.

Start-up minister Yacine Oualid dogged by old conviction

A protégé of Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Oualid was sentenced to a prison term in 2019 for defamation, and the case could complicate his continuing position in government.

Subscribers only Politics 02.10.2024

Yacine Oualid at the Mediterranean Dialogues forum in Rome, Italy, 3 December 2022.

Former ministers deprived of their diplomatic passports

Several leading political figures, former senior officials and ex-diplomats are finding themselves unable to leave the country as the ministry of foreign affairs fails to deliver their official travel documents.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.10.2024

General Athmane Tartag moved to house arrest

The ailing former security chief will serve the rest of his prison sentence under house arrest in Oran in western Algeria.

Subscribers only Politics 20.09.2024

Ambassador Saïd Moussi posted to Lisbon after Paris withdrawal

The seasoned Algerian diplomat, who left France in July after being recalled from the embassy following Emmanuel Macron's approval of Morocco's autonomy plan for the Western Sahara, is set to be appointed ambassador to Portugal.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.09.2024

Algerian Union Bank's rocky start in Nouakchott

The Algerian Union Bank's Mauritanian branch is struggling to achieve its targets a year after its arrival. Despite President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's support, business with Algerian firms wanting to move into the country has been slow.

Subscribers only Finance 12.09.2024

Union for the Mediterranean frozen in run-up to election of secretary general

The cards have been reshuffled in the race to become UfM's secretary general after the front-runner, Jordanian national Yousef Bataineh, was appointed ambassador to the EU in August.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.09.2024

In run-up to the presidential election, Tebboune's lacklustre diplomatic record under scrutiny

The Algerian president's foreign policy record is unlikely to win him many votes as he runs for a second term in tomorrow's election, not least because of Algiers' souring relations with its neighbours.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.09.2024

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune at the G7 summit in Borgo Egnazia, Puglia, Italy, 14 June 2024.

Algiers airs its Malian grievances to Moscow

Relations between Algiers and Bamako are showing little sign of improving. Despite tentative Russian mediation, the two neighbours remain standoffish, with Algeria vexed by Malian army operations near their joint border.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.08.2024

Secretary general of Algeria's foreign affairs ministry, Lounès Magramane, in August 2024.

Algiers rules out economic reprisals against France

The Algerian government is bracing for renewed tensions with former colonial power France after recalling ambassador Saïd Moussi from Paris but is keen for them not to spill over into the economy.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 02.08.2024

Three senior intelligence officers convicted of conspiracy

The high-ranking soldiers conspired for years to implicate their colleagues on the basis of false testimony. Their reports were read all the way up to the president's office and the army high command.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 24.07.2024

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Algeria

Algiers scrambles to keep South Korean giants

State seeks control of Ennahar TV

Inner circles
Army chief Saïd Chengriha asserts himself in relation to Tebboune

Lotfi Bellahcene, the Algerian oil sector's new golden boy

Agri-food giants breathe sigh of relief after Algiers' trade sanctions withdrawn

EU to take up French wheat producers' discrimination claim with Algiers

Russian General Sergei Surovikin fills absent ambassador's shoes

Riyadh set to provide funds to modernise Algerian railways

French security provider Amarante International packs its bags

Court of Arbitration for Sport summons Algerian Football Federation and Evol Sport

The dramatic fall of Saida Neghza

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Ex-DGSN security service chief Abdelghani Hamel back in hospital

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Former ministers deprived of their diplomatic passports

General Athmane Tartag moved to house arrest

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Algeria

Algiers scrambles to keep South Korean giants

State seeks control of Ennahar TV

Inner circles Army chief Saïd Chengriha asserts himself in relation to Tebboune

Lotfi Bellahcene, the Algerian oil sector's new golden boy

Agri-food giants breathe sigh of relief after Algiers' trade sanctions withdrawn

EU to take up French wheat producers' discrimination claim with Algiers

Russian General Sergei Surovikin fills absent ambassador's shoes

Riyadh set to provide funds to modernise Algerian railways

French security provider Amarante International packs its bags

Court of Arbitration for Sport summons Algerian Football Federation and Evol Sport

The dramatic fall of Saida Neghza

Spotlight Algiers puts pressure on General Electric over its involvement in project in Western Sahara

Ex-DGSN security service chief Abdelghani Hamel back in hospital

Fratelli d'Italia MEP to lead European parliament North Africa delegation

Spotlight Equinor initiates drastic downsizing in Africa

Start-up minister Yacine Oualid dogged by old conviction

Former ministers deprived of their diplomatic passports

General Athmane Tartag moved to house arrest

Ambassador Saïd Moussi posted to Lisbon after Paris withdrawal

Algerian Union Bank's rocky start in Nouakchott

Union for the Mediterranean frozen in run-up to election of secretary general

In run-up to the presidential election, Tebboune's lacklustre diplomatic record under scrutiny

Algiers airs its Malian grievances to Moscow

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Three senior intelligence officers convicted of conspiracy

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From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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Army chief Saïd Chengriha asserts himself in relation to Tebboune

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Algiers puts pressure on General Electric over its involvement in project in Western Sahara

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Equinor initiates drastic downsizing in Africa