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Algeria

New internal intelligence chief reallocates Algeria's media supervision

The once highly influential broadcasting and communications centre has been shut down at the request of Algeria's new head of internal intelligence, Abdelkader Haddad.

Subscribers only Defence 08.07.2024

Chinese giant CRBC on track to win Djebel Onk-Annaba railway line contract

Three major Chinese state-owned companies and their Algerian partners are vying for the major rail deal. A consortium that includes Société Nationale de Travaux Publics is the lowest bidder.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 01.07.2024

Plethora of candidates for French African expats' National Assembly seat

Franco-Tunisian Karim Ben Cheikh, outgoing deputy for the ninth constituency for French citizens living abroad, on 4 April, 2024. © Emmanuel Dunand/AFP

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.06.2024

Pharma giant Novo Nordisk replaces top Algeria exec

After four years as managing director of Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk's Algerian subsidiary, Malika de Maillard, born Malika Derghal, will be replaced on 1 July by Hamza Benharkat, who is currently the CFO of the firm's Emirati subsidiary.

Subscribers only Business 25.06.2024

CEO of Algerian oil company Sonatrach, Rachid Hachichi, in Algiers on 2 March 2024. © Billel Bensalem / NurPhoto via AFP

Sonatrach boss signs agreements galore ahead of presidential elections

Rachid Hachichi has only just taken up his role as head of Africa's largest company, but is travelling lots and signing numerous partnerships. He is eager to boost Algeria's economic performance.

Subscribers only Energy 24.06.2024

French president Emmanuel Macron (right) and France's prime minister Gabriel Attal. © Ludovic Marin/Pool/AFP

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Dissolution of parliament disrupts Macron's North Africa agenda

The French PM was due to visit Rabat in July to meet his Moroccan opposite number, but the trip was cancelled after the French president dissolved parliament and called snap elections. It also seems increasingly unlikely that the Algerian leader will travel to Paris.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.06.2024

North African competition for AU Commission deputy chair kicks off

Algiers, Rabat and Cairo are expected to be pitted against one another in the election for this AU chair next February. So far, Algeria is the only one of the three countries to have announced the name of its candidate.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.06.2024

Algiers deploys soft power in Nouakchott

Algeria's cultural ambassadors are gearing up for the 17th Assalamalekoum Festival in mid-June.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.06.2024

Businessman Djamel Ben Ferha takes Belgium to arbitration over White Star affair

Businessman Djamel ben Ferha, who blames the Belgian state for the collapse of his football club, Royal White Star Bruxelles, took his case to the ICSID at the end of May.

Subscribers only Business 05.06.2024

Sonatrach pumps funds into football club MC Alger

In an attempt to match the continent's biggest clubs, Algerian hydrocarbon giant Sonatrach is to increase the budget of football club Mouloudia Club d'Alger, the 2023-2024 championship winner.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 03.06.2024

Algiers seeks to revive its film industry

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is hoping to see a resurgence of Algerian film production, which last enjoyed a golden age in the 1970s. But while his wish has generated support for major initiatives in cinema, the sector remains under tight surveillance.

Subscribers only Business 28.05.2024

Algiers' Salle el-Mougar cinema during the world premiere of 'Ce que le jour doit à la nuit', 7 September, 2012.

Ali Oumellal rises to prominence in CREA employers' union

Abdelmadjid Tebboune has appointed Ali Oumellal as executive director of Algeria's leading employers grouping. He will be responsible for calming the atmosphere in an organisation that has experienced some turbulence in recent months.

Subscribers only Business 24.05.2024

French police open investigation into blogger Amir DZ's 'kidnapping'

The opposition activist, who was sentenced to death in Algeria and later granted refugee status in France, claims he was briefly abducted in a Paris suburb late last month.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.05.2024

Sanofi gets cold shoulder from authorities

The leading French pharmaceutical company seemed set to clinch a vaccine manufacturing deal with Algeria's Saidal and the Institut Pasteur. But it appears to have fallen out of favour with the government.

Subscribers only Business 10.05.2024

Eduardo Arce Parellada, Managing Director of Sanofi Algeria.

French firm takes Algerian football federation to court

Evol Sport, an organiser of friendly international matches, has filed for arbitration against the Fédération Algérienne de Football after lending it money for past tournaments.

Subscribers only Business 07.05.2024

Cevital suspends operations at one of its sugar refineries

Export restrictions on staple food products recently forced Cevital, Algeria's leading agro-industrial firm, to close one of its two sugar refineries in Bejaia.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 29.04.2024

General Abdelkader Haddad tipped to head domestic intelligence agency

The time has come for the army officers who served during Algeria's civil war to take centre stage. One of them, Abdelkader "Nacer El Djinn" Haddad, is expected to take the helm of the DGSI.

Subscribers only Defence 24.04.2024

Cuban Africa expert appointed ambassador to Algiers

Cuba is sending a diplomatic heavyweight to Algiers in the person of Hector Igarza Cabrera as its new ambassador. He previously served in Canada, where he worked for the lifting of part of the US embargo.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.04.2024

Moscow flaunts new anti-corruption tool in Algiers

On his trip to Algiers this month, the Russian Prosecutor General presented a computer system designed to fight graft and outlined a programme on legal cooperation between the two countries.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.04.2024

Russia's Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov in Moscow on 26 March 2024.

Doctors raise concerns over IMC dialysis solutions

Doctors in Oran have expressed concerns that there may be unusually high levels of nitrate in the products of IMC, the nation's top producer of medical consumables.

Subscribers only Business 11.04.2024

Algiers and Abu Dhabi in Paris iftar battle

With the UAE and Algiers locked in a battle for influence at the Arab League, two separate iftars were organised on the same evening in Paris.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.03.2024

Moscow plays go-between for Algiers and Bamako

Russia has for several weeks been acting as an intermediary between its client Algeria and its protégé Mali, whose relations are decidedly chilly.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.03.2024

Rift appears between Tebboune and employers' boss Kamel Moula

After a rapid rise to prominence in 2019, the head of the Algerian employers' federation seems to have faded from public life. His falling out with former vice president Hassen Khelifati may not have helped.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 15.03.2024

Kamel Moula, president of the Algerian employers' federation, in Algiers on 20 October 2022.

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

The president is leading a campaign to woo Abdelaziz Bouteflika's former officials, namely Mouad Bouchareb, ex-chair of the National People's Assembly.

Subscribers only Politics 11.03.2024

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

Two Cevital bosses under investigation

Malik Rebrab's decision to let go several Cevital directors is linked to legal problems.

Subscribers only Business 01.03.2024

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Algeria

New internal intelligence chief reallocates Algeria's media supervision

Chinese giant CRBC on track to win Djebel Onk-Annaba railway line contract

Plethora of candidates for French African expats' National Assembly seat

Pharma giant Novo Nordisk replaces top Algeria exec

Sonatrach boss signs agreements galore ahead of presidential elections

Spotlight
Dissolution of parliament disrupts Macron's North Africa agenda

North African competition for AU Commission deputy chair kicks off

Algiers deploys soft power in Nouakchott

Businessman Djamel Ben Ferha takes Belgium to arbitration over White Star affair

Sonatrach pumps funds into football club MC Alger

Algiers seeks to revive its film industry

Ali Oumellal rises to prominence in CREA employers' union

French police open investigation into blogger Amir DZ's 'kidnapping'

Sanofi gets cold shoulder from authorities

French firm takes Algerian football federation to court

Cevital suspends operations at one of its sugar refineries

General Abdelkader Haddad tipped to head domestic intelligence agency

Cuban Africa expert appointed ambassador to Algiers

Moscow flaunts new anti-corruption tool in Algiers

Doctors raise concerns over IMC dialysis solutions

Algiers and Abu Dhabi in Paris iftar battle

Moscow plays go-between for Algiers and Bamako

Rift appears between Tebboune and employers' boss Kamel Moula

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

Two Cevital bosses under investigation

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Algeria

New internal intelligence chief reallocates Algeria's media supervision

Chinese giant CRBC on track to win Djebel Onk-Annaba railway line contract

Plethora of candidates for French African expats' National Assembly seat

Pharma giant Novo Nordisk replaces top Algeria exec

Sonatrach boss signs agreements galore ahead of presidential elections

Spotlight Dissolution of parliament disrupts Macron's North Africa agenda

North African competition for AU Commission deputy chair kicks off

Algiers deploys soft power in Nouakchott

Businessman Djamel Ben Ferha takes Belgium to arbitration over White Star affair

Sonatrach pumps funds into football club MC Alger

Algiers seeks to revive its film industry

Ali Oumellal rises to prominence in CREA employers' union

French police open investigation into blogger Amir DZ's 'kidnapping'

Sanofi gets cold shoulder from authorities

French firm takes Algerian football federation to court

Cevital suspends operations at one of its sugar refineries

General Abdelkader Haddad tipped to head domestic intelligence agency

Cuban Africa expert appointed ambassador to Algiers

Moscow flaunts new anti-corruption tool in Algiers

Doctors raise concerns over IMC dialysis solutions

Algiers and Abu Dhabi in Paris iftar battle

Moscow plays go-between for Algiers and Bamako

Rift appears between Tebboune and employers' boss Kamel Moula

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

Two Cevital bosses under investigation

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Dissolution of parliament disrupts Macron's North Africa agenda