Abdelaziz Bouteflika

Algeria
Boughezoul city progress shrouded in uncertainty

While the vast urban build in Boughezoul is back on the cards thanks to President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and rising oil and gas prices, it is running far behind schedule. The minister in charge has yet to pick a property developer for the project due to a lack of credible candidates.

Algeria
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.

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Algeria
Tebboune tends to his image ahead of 2024

The idea that he should run for a second term is gradually firming up in the mind of Abdelmadjid Tebboune. As the 2024 election approaches, the Algerian leader has begun tightening up his official communications and bringing greater pressure to bear on the country's main media outlets.

Algeria
Private TV stations brace for tougher times ahead

A new media law is due to be enacted later this month. In a tense and uncertain media climate, tighter controls on how broadcasters are financed are expected.

Algeria, France
After a slow start, Medef turns to Tebboune-era employers' organisation CREA

On the sidelines of the Franco-Algerian high-level intergovernmental committee held in Algiers on 9 and 10 October, Medef vice-president Fabrice Le Saché had a long discussion with Kamel Moula, president of the Algerian Economic Renewal Council, CREA.

Algeria
Bejaia port extension to resume after 5-year hiatus

Algeria's second biggest port, which is set to play a crucial role in a number of industrial and mining projects, is to relaunch the extension project it began in 2017. Five new quays are to be built and China's CHEC has been contacted for the dredging of the port's existing docks.

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

The private group Cevital is once again increasing its cooking oil production capacity. Meanwhile, the government intends to raise the public sector's share in the industry.

Algeria
CREA employers' federation seeks to embody Algerian economic revival

Algeria's brand new CREA employers' federation has hit the ground running and established itself as a key player in the business community. It is keen to distance itself from the defunct business leaders' forum led by jailed oligarch Ali Haddad, a vestige of the last years of the Bouteflika regime.

Algeria, United States
US firm GHSN to pioneer foreign hospital management alongside Groupe Souakri

Groupe Souakri, the Algerian partner of the LafargeHolcim cement firm and Renault Trucks, has asked Global Health Services Network to design its future private hospital and paramedical training centre in Meftah. The American group will also manage the new complex, at least during the early years.

Algeria, France
Algeria appoints new ambassador to France

Breaking news published 12/7/22 at 12:25. Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune has appointed an experienced diplomat to head the Algerian embassy in France.

Algeria, France
As they return to Algiers, French bosses caught between old and new worlds

Representatives of more than a dozen major French companies will later this month pay their first visit to Algiers in five years. But the government is unhappy with their umbrella organisation's continuing collaboration with a counterpart entity associated with the ousted Bouteflika administration.