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Boualem Boualem, President Tebboune's super-advisor

The presidential legal advisor's influence over Abdelmadjid Tebboune appears to be growing, to the point of being considered as one of his strategists.

Subscribers only Politics 22.03.2023

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Algerian secret services in survival mode in North Mali

The Algerian foreign intelligence service is seeking to renew its ties with the Malian Tuareg movements. © Studio Pachamama // AFP/Philippe Desmazes/Souleymane Ag Anara/Romaric Ollo Hien

Subscribers only Diplomacy Running Story - The Sahel security crisis 20.03.2023

With his job on the line, Sonatrach's CEO hunts for support

Sonatrach's CEO Toufik Hakkar, on 23 February 2023. © Billel Bensalem / APP/MAXPPP

Subscribers only Energy 20.03.2023

DGSE chief meets with Algerian counterpart in Germany

In the utmost secrecy, the heads of France's DGSE and Algeria's DGDSE met in Berlin in mid-February, scarcely a week after an earlier meeting was cancelled amid the Amira Bouraoui affair.

Subscribers only Defence 17.03.2023

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. © AFP

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Abdelmadjid Tebboune prepares major reshuffle

The head of state is carrying out a series of consultations as he prepares a major reshuffle in which several government heavyweights look likely to lose their posts. Behind the scenes, Tebboune is making no attempt to hide his dissatisfaction with a number of ministers, including foreign minister Ramtane Lamamra.

Subscribers only Politics 15.03.2023

French President Emmanuel Macron (center left) and French historian Benjamin Stora (center right) with Algeria's Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra (left) during a visit in Algiers on the 25th of August 2022. © Ludovic Marin/AFP

Planned Franco-Algerian historical commission yet to take shape

Six months after the announcement of its creation, tensions between France and Algeria are delaying the establishment of a bilateral body that is supposed to resolve a row over the countries' shared past. The decrees appointing the commission's French and Algerian experts have still not been published.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.03.2023

Consultant Tayeb Benabderrahmane takes his battle against Qatar to World Bank

The World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes will hold a first sitting on 27 March in Washington, DC on the disputes between Tayeb Benabderrahmane and the Qatari authorities.

Subscribers only Business 14.03.2023

Tebboune-Chengriha rift behind Chouiter's sacking

The dismissal of military intelligence chief General Abdelaziz Nouiouet Chouiter is one of the tell-tale signs that not everything is going smoothly between the head of the Algerian army and President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, as is also the case with the Foreign Affairs Minister.

Subscribers only Politics 13.03.2023

Algerian military Chief of Staff Said Chengriha in Paris, 24 January 2023.

EU Maghreb delegation looks to turn page on Qatargate by choosing a new chairperson

The European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with Maghreb Countries, several members of which are concerned by the alleged corruption scandal involving Qatar and Morocco, hopes to restore its image by electing a new chairperson.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.03.2023

President's office rejects foreign minister's diplomatic appointments

Ramtane Lamamra had drawn up a list of postings for several ambassadors and consuls for the upcoming diplomatic reshuffle, but President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's office vetoed some of the appointments.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.03.2023

Ramtane Lamamra, Foreign Minister of Algeria, in Berlin, March 2019.

Axing of Algeria's energy transition ministry deals fatal blow to Solar 1000 MW project

After the axing of the Solar 1000 MW project, Sonelgaz subsidiary Sonelgaz ENR-CEEG will now pilot the 15,000 MW programme until 2035.

Subscribers only Energy 08.03.2023

Mission impossible for new Sanofi boss in Algeria

The French drugmaker Sanofi risks losing out on the insulin production business in Algeria because of stringent new regulations. Its managing director in Algiers has met with the minister responsible for the drugs sector to try to break the deadlock.

Subscribers only Business 07.03.2023

The new CEO of Sanofi Algeria Eduardo Arce Parellada.

Sonatrach boss makes surprise visit to London

Sonatrach CEO Toufik Hakkar made a surprise appearance at International Energy Week last month. But that was not the only reason for his brief visit to London.

Subscribers only Energy 06.03.2023

Foreign minister Lamamra comes under renewed pressure

Ramtane Lamamra has in recent months faced a backlash from the president's inner circle, a situation that has become worse since the appointment of a new secretary-general at the ministry.

Subscribers only Politics 03.03.2023

Bejaia port extension under way after foreign firms excluded

After years of delay, work has finally begun to enlarge the Algerian port of Bejaia. Plans for an international call for tenders open to foreign firms were mysteriously cancelled.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 01.03.2023

View of the Bejaia port in northern Algeria in November 2010.

Algiers halts travel passes for deportees from France

Following Amira Bouraoui's transfer to France, Algeria has decided to suspend cooperation on consular matters between the two countries. In doing so, it has compounded another sensitive issue, deportees being stuck at the border.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.02.2023

Candia Algérie beefs up on dairy as Saudi and Qatari rivals move in

As it grapples with on-going milk shortages, the Algerian government has turned to investors in the Gulf. That has left local firm Tchin-Lait, a partner of French group Candia, looking for ways to secure its business and become more autonomous.

Subscribers only Business 27.02.2023

North Africa demands better representation at African Union

The 42nd Ordinary Session of the African Union's Executive Council opened on 15 February with behind-the-scenes negotiations on the distribution of Peace and Security Council seats.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.02.2023

Algiers continues to curb access to new foreign banks

As has been the case for the past fifteen years, the annual list of banks approved of by Algiers does not feature any foreign newcomers. The situation, which is down to lack of political will and an uncompetitive business environment, does not look likely to change.

Subscribers only Finance 14.02.2023

Precedence principle plays in Morocco's favour for CAN 2025

Algeria and Morocco are neck and neck in the battle to host the 2025 African Cup of Nations football tournament. The former organised the CAN in 1990, while the latter hosted it in 1988. This precedence could play in Morocco's favour.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.02.2023

After Tunisia, Cevital resumes sugar exports to Mauritania and Lebanon

The leading agro-industrial group Cevital and other Algerian sugar refineries resumed exports in late January, after a ten-month ban ordered by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to prevent shortages.

Subscribers only Commodity Traders 13.02.2023

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Tebboune takes tough stand with Paris

As a result of the Amira Bouraoui affair, relations between France and Algeria have entered a new period of uncertainty. The head of Algerian intelligence has just cancelled an imminent meeting with his French counterpart.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.02.2023

French President Emmanuel Macron and his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

Michele J. Sison's human rights agenda thwarted in Algiers

The senior US diplomat was supposed to meet a leading Algerian human rights organisation during her visit to Algiers but the NGO was dissolved just before the meeting.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.02.2023

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations Affairs Michele J. Sison.

Tunisia fears losing pipeline revenues as its neighbours strike gas deals with Italy

The recent North African tour of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, which concentrated on securing Italy's gas supplies from Algeria and Libya, left Italy's traditional partner, Tunisia, on the sidelines. The authorities in Tunis now fear that they could find themselves isolated on the regional energy map.

Subscribers only Energy 01.02.2023

The Tunisian segment of the Trans-Mediterranean (Transmed) pipeline, through which natural gas flows from Algeria to Italy.

Cevital aims to resume sugar exports to Europe

The EU ambassador to Algeria, Thomas Eckert, was recently received by Abdelkader Guemache, the CEO of Cevital. The Algerian agro-industrial leader wants to see the ban on sugar exports to Europe lifted.

Subscribers only Commodity Traders 30.01.2023

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Algeria

Boualem Boualem, President Tebboune's super-advisor

In Focus
Algerian secret services in survival mode in North Mali

With his job on the line, Sonatrach's CEO hunts for support

DGSE chief meets with Algerian counterpart in Germany

Spotlight
Abdelmadjid Tebboune prepares major reshuffle

Planned Franco-Algerian historical commission yet to take shape

Consultant Tayeb Benabderrahmane takes his battle against Qatar to World Bank

Tebboune-Chengriha rift behind Chouiter's sacking

EU Maghreb delegation looks to turn page on Qatargate by choosing a new chairperson

President's office rejects foreign minister's diplomatic appointments

Axing of Algeria's energy transition ministry deals fatal blow to Solar 1000 MW project

Mission impossible for new Sanofi boss in Algeria

Sonatrach boss makes surprise visit to London

Foreign minister Lamamra comes under renewed pressure

Bejaia port extension under way after foreign firms excluded

Algiers halts travel passes for deportees from France

Candia Algérie beefs up on dairy as Saudi and Qatari rivals move in

North Africa demands better representation at African Union

Algiers continues to curb access to new foreign banks

Precedence principle plays in Morocco's favour for CAN 2025

After Tunisia, Cevital resumes sugar exports to Mauritania and Lebanon

Spotlight
Tebboune takes tough stand with Paris

Michele J. Sison's human rights agenda thwarted in Algiers

Tunisia fears losing pipeline revenues as its neighbours strike gas deals with Italy

Cevital aims to resume sugar exports to Europe

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Algeria

Boualem Boualem, President Tebboune's super-advisor

In Focus Algerian secret services in survival mode in North Mali

With his job on the line, Sonatrach's CEO hunts for support

DGSE chief meets with Algerian counterpart in Germany

Spotlight Abdelmadjid Tebboune prepares major reshuffle

Planned Franco-Algerian historical commission yet to take shape

Consultant Tayeb Benabderrahmane takes his battle against Qatar to World Bank

Tebboune-Chengriha rift behind Chouiter's sacking

EU Maghreb delegation looks to turn page on Qatargate by choosing a new chairperson

President's office rejects foreign minister's diplomatic appointments

Axing of Algeria's energy transition ministry deals fatal blow to Solar 1000 MW project

Mission impossible for new Sanofi boss in Algeria

Sonatrach boss makes surprise visit to London

Foreign minister Lamamra comes under renewed pressure

Bejaia port extension under way after foreign firms excluded

Algiers halts travel passes for deportees from France

Candia Algérie beefs up on dairy as Saudi and Qatari rivals move in

North Africa demands better representation at African Union

Algiers continues to curb access to new foreign banks

Precedence principle plays in Morocco's favour for CAN 2025

After Tunisia, Cevital resumes sugar exports to Mauritania and Lebanon

Spotlight Tebboune takes tough stand with Paris

Michele J. Sison's human rights agenda thwarted in Algiers

Tunisia fears losing pipeline revenues as its neighbours strike gas deals with Italy

Cevital aims to resume sugar exports to Europe

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Algerian secret services in survival mode in North Mali

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Abdelmadjid Tebboune prepares major reshuffle

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Tebboune takes tough stand with Paris