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Algeria
Chengriha brings generals into the fold with Tebboune still out of action

Major General Said Chengriha, Algerian National People's Army chief of staff. © Algerian National People's Army Staff

Army chief of staff Chengriha wants to bring back retired senior officers banned by his predecessor Ahmed Gaïd Salah and nip in the bud any dissent within the ranks arising from President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's prolonged absence. [...]

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Abdelaziz Bouteflika
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Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (left) and MP Mouad Bouchareb.

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Former Algerian defence minister Khaled Nezzar in Algiers, 9 January 2016.

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The state gives Cevital a monopoly over rapeseed production in 2023

The decision indicates that there has been a thaw in the hot and cold relations between the government and the agri-food giant, enabling Cevital to resume construction work at its new Bejaia oilseed crushing plant.

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Tebboune lifts brake on Cevital crushing plant

The head of state personally stepped in to get the agro-industrial group Cevital's crushing plant project back up and running after it had been put on ice for lack of the required building consents.

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Director of the DGSE Bernard Emie, French Armies Minister Sebastien Lecornu, French President Emmanuel Macron and French Chief of the Defence Staff General Thierry Burkhard, attend a lunch with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (2nd R) and Algerian generals at the presidential residence in Zeralda on 26 August 2022, during an official visit to Algeria.

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Cevital's crushing plant in Béjaïa placed under lock and key

The Algerian authorities on 15 August sealed shut the oilseed crushing plant built by the Cevital group in Béjaïa, and whose launch was initially planned for the end of 2022. They did so on the grounds that the project had not received all the required authorisations.

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Cevital group pressured to buy risky rapeseed crops

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Cevital working to unblock its sugar exports

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Algeria
Rebrab's oil seed treatment plant almost finished but may not open

A factory allowing Cevital to import oil seeds for its refinery in Béjaïa should be completed by the end of this year, but there are still several obstacles to overcome before it can begin production.

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Cevital's oilseed crushing plant should be completed by the end of 2022.

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Sugar and oil exports ban puts Cevital on a sticky wicket

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The Cevital group covers 80% of the oil needs of the Algerian market.

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Smuggling aggravates cooking oil shortages

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Cevital turns to oil exports to soften the blow from end of subsidies

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Ex-spy chief helps Chengriha and Tebboune retake control of intelligence services

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Algerian Chief of Staff Said Chengriha and Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu.

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Anti-government demonstration held on the second anniversary of the Hirak movement in Algiers on 26 February, 2021.

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Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and his Chief of Staff Said Chengriha on 10 October 2020.

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Algeria
Chengriha brings generals into the fold with Tebboune still out of action

Algeria
General Athmane Tartag moved to house arrest

Algeria
Aiming for a second term, Tebboune charms old regime leader Bouchareb

Algeria
General Khaled Nezzar will not attend his trial in Switzerland

Algeria
Cevital execs jailed for sugar trading

Algeria
Cevital's planned crushing plant in Bejaia stumbles due to drought

Algeria
The state gives Cevital a monopoly over rapeseed production in 2023

Algeria
Tebboune lifts brake on Cevital crushing plant

Spotlight | Algeria
Tebboune shakes up his secret services

Algeria
Despite tensions with state, Cevital still running like well-oiled machine

Algeria
Cevital's crushing plant in Béjaïa placed under lock and key

Algeria
Cevital group pressured to buy risky rapeseed crops

Algeria
Cevital working to unblock its sugar exports

Algeria
Rebrab's oil seed treatment plant almost finished but may not open

Algeria
Sugar and oil exports ban puts Cevital on a sticky wicket

Algeria
Smuggling aggravates cooking oil shortages

Algeria
Cevital turns to oil exports to soften the blow from end of subsidies

Algeria
Ex-spy chief helps Chengriha and Tebboune retake control of intelligence services

Algeria
General Nezzar dragged into Oulmi affair despite political amnesty

Algeria, Sahel
Army chief Chengriha turns to the Sahel after mammoth Russian shopping trip

Algeria
Army chief Chengriha calls for task force to draw up crisis exit strategy

Algeria
Tebboune targets intelligence and parliament in belated anti-Hirak drive

Algeria
Tebboune moves to root out Gaid Salah's legacy in intelligence services and army

Algeria
Jean Castex abruptly postpones Algiers visit

Algeria
Tebboune reliving Bouteflika downfall, Chengriha already making plans

Algeria
Chengriha involves DSI in politics

Spotlight | Algeria
Saïd Chengriha resumes hunt for aerostats without Lockheed

Algeria
Saïd Chengriha seeks land forces successor

Algeria
Khaled Nezzar back in business after giving his allegiance to Ahmed Gaid Salah