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Inner circles | Algeria
How OAIC cereals board provides daily bread to Algerians despite Ukraine war and scandals

The logo of the Office algérien interprofessionnel des céréales (OAIC) on a silo in the port of Algiers. © Zohra Bensemra/Reuters

Algeria's national cereals board, the OAIC, is the focus of major government spending and a key political tool for its bilateral relationship with France. The organisation is tasked with ensuring Algeria is supplied with wheat, despite the current high prices and the sometimes competing demands of millers, bakers and consumers. Its bosses know they are on the chopping block. [...]

Published on 15.04.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 6 minutes

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Algeria
Great fanfare set to accompany PM's inauguration of Cevital crushing plant

Algeria
Ukraine war and drought force Algiers' hand on French wheat imports

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State rescues Boudiab group subsidiary

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France gives helping hand to Céréalis' growing trade in Africa

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