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Bouteflika seeks US's post-election backing

While Abdelaziz Bouteflika's inner circle is feverishly preparing the April 2019 presidential elections, Algeria has signed a flurry of lobbying contracts in the US after having had no recourse to spin doctors there for a decade. Apart from competing with [...] (675 words)

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ALGERIA
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour
Ahmed Gaid Salah
Andarko
Baker Hughes
Carmen Group
Chakib Khelil
Chevron
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle
David Keene
Donald Trump
ExxonMobil
Field Aerospace
Foley Hoag
GE
Harris
International Policy Solutions
John Bolton
Keene Consulting
Lockheed Martin
Madjid Bouguerra
Minurso
National Popular Army
National Rifle Association
Northrop Grumman
Raytheon
Runitel
Sonatrach
Sonelgaz

Insurers' inertia ensures GE prevails in Hadjret En Nouss power plant dispute Free

The US conglomerate has won a reprieve in the lawsuit filed by Zurich Insurance in relation to a defective turbine. [...]

Electrical plant of Hadjret En Nouss, in Algeria. © Mubadala Investment Company

ALGERIA Energy 10/01/2022

Sonatrach's Hakkar ends Baker Hughes' industrial venture in Oran

The Algerian authorities have decided to abandon plans for an equipment manufacturing factory for the oil industry in Oran in order to prevent the US services company from having a monopoly on the sector. [...]

ALGERIA Defence Business 07/10/2020

Further delay expected in execution of Raytheon spy plane contract

Algerian pilots are no longer able to travel to Oklahoma City to learn how to fly the three G550 business jets which are being converted for use as surveillance aircraft. [...]

A Gulfstream G550 plane. © Markus Mainka/Picture alliance/Newscom/MaxPPP

ALGERIA Defence Business 30/04/2020

Army still in market for mobile phone scramblers

Despite the increasing constraints on its budget, Algeria's Armée nationale populaire (ANP) is continuing to procure high-tech equipment. [...]

ALGERIA Defence Business 26/03/2020

US group Navistar to deliver more armoured cars to the army

Heavy goods and armoured vehicle manufacturer Navistar is becoming increasingly popular with the National Popular Army (ANP). The American group [...]

ALGERIA Energy 03/03/2020

Mustapha Hanifi: fall of the ministry's hydrocarbons emperor

After Sonatrach chief executive Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour left the firm in April 2019 after two years at the job, the [...]

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ALGERIA Defence Business 13/02/2020

Saïd Chengriha resumes hunt for aerostats without Lockheed

Less than two months after having succeeded army chief of staff Ahmed Gaïd Salah, Saïd Chengriha has relaunched the National Popular Army's (ANP) procurement programme. The first item on his menu is the huge contract for surveillance aerostats for the [. [...]

ALGERIA 21/11/2019

Fouad Ferhat takes charge of business relations with the United States

A few weeks ago, Fouad Ferhat took up his new [...]

ALGERIA Energy 19/11/2019

How Saïd Sahnoun was at the root of Hachichi's downfall at Sonatrach

Kamel Eddine Chikhi's arrival as the head of the national oil firm Sonatrach, replacing the recently ousted Rachid Hachichi, was [...]

ALGERIA Defence 07/11/2019

Ahmed Gaid Salah appoints a new defence attache in Washington

Army chief of staff Ahmed Gaïd Salah recently appointed a [...]

ALGERIA Business 31/10/2019

The army and Sonatrach are offered British-style cyber security

British cyber security specialists are leading a charm offensive on the National Popular Army (ANP) and Sonatrach. After a first [...]

ALGERIA Business 10/10/2019

Egypt's MAN group breaks up with Senator Benkortbi Free

Egyptian powerline installation specialist MAN International Contracting has broken off its partnership with businessman-senator Noureddine Benkortbi. MAN International Algérie, a [...]

ALGERIA Business 29/08/2019

The USTDA visits Sonatrach on anti-Huawei and pro-shale mission

Abdelaziz Bouteflika's fall from power in April does not seem to have raised questions about the Algerian-American cooperation in the [...]

ALGERIA Defence 18/07/2019

The military study their new spy planes in Oklahoma

After having long been subjected to heavy buffeting, the National [...]

ALGERIA Business 18/07/2019

AEC's Souk Tleta desalination plant remains at a standstill

The Souk Tleta desalination plant, which began operating in 2011 [...]

ALGERIA Defence Business 06/06/2019

Leonardo crosses its fingers for helicopter assembly joint venture

Italian defence group Leonardo is having mixed fortunes in Algeria. It has given up hope of selling its MC-27J Spartan [...]

ALGERIA Business 30/05/2019

Norinco to provide ENAGEO with mobile base camp

National geophysical company ENAGEO, a subsidiary of Sonatrach, ordered a [...]

ALGERIA Defence Business 02/05/2019

Landing in sight for Ahmed Gaid Salah's American spy planes

Raytheon is seeing a light at the end of the tunnel for its big Algerian spy plane contract. According to [...]

ALGERIA Politics 11/04/2019

Sonatrach is Ahmed Gaid Salah's next target

Ahmed Gaid Salah dropped a real cluster bomb when he referred in his April 10 speech in Oran to the [...]

ALGERIA Energy 09/04/2019

Political crisis: Kaddour fears delays on new hydrocarbons code

After weeks of protest against Abdelaziz Bouteflika running for a [...]

ALGERIA Energy 12/03/2019

The build-up to Salah Mekmouche's ejection from Sonatrach

The Algerian state-owned firm has been left without an upstream director since vice-president Salah Mekmouche was recently sacked by Sonatrach's [...]

ALGERIA Business 31/01/2019

Nait Abdelaziz clan builds up its security business

Rachid Nait Abdelaziz and Samir Nait Abdelaziz are preparing to take over from their father, former police commissioner Hamimi Nait [...]

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ALGERIA Business 17/01/2019

Algeria returns to the US for oil, business and security

After Sonatrach and Algerian ambassador in the United States Madjid Bouguerra, it is now the turn of Algerian business leaders to carry out a charm offensive in Washington. The business trip, organized from January 14 to 17 by Ali Haddad's [. [...]

ALGERIA Business 10/01/2019

Sina Khelil goes after the French and Algerian IT markets

Sina Khelil, son of former Sonatrach boss Chakib Khelil, is to make his first sally into the Algerian business world [...]

ALGERIA Energy 02/01/2019

Toufik Hakkar already on the Turkish front for Sonatrach

Toufik Hakkar, who is one of the eight new Sonatrach vice presidents (AEI 820), himself in charge of development and [...]

ALGERIA Business 06/12/2018

Sonatrach awards IT contract to China's CNPC and Huawei

Giant national oil group Sonatrach has entrusted its Chinese opposite number, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), and telecommunications equipment supplier [...]

ALGERIA Business 22/11/2018

AEC moves to revive Souk Tleta desalination plant

The Souk Tleta desalination plant, which was inaugurated in 2011 to supply Abdelaziz Bouteflika's Tlemcen political home base, is to [...]

LIBYA Politics 15/11/2018

Haftar looks for a seat on the G5 Sahel

Khalifa Haftar took advantage of the security meeting in the wings of the Libyan peace forum in Palermo on November [...]

ALGERIA Diplomacy 08/11/2018

Foley Hoag resumes its pro-Sahrawi lobbying

Foley Hoag has quietly resumed lobbying in Washington for Algeria… [...]

ALGERIA Business 04/10/2018

Defence contractors hit by panic wave

The dismissals of most of army chief of staff Ahmed Gaid Salah's subordinates is causing concern among the American and [...]

ALGERIA Business 13/09/2018

International Policy Solutions to sell Sonatrach in the US

Sonatrach has started a PR offensive in Washington where Algerian lobbying has been less high profile than that of Morocco [...]

ALGERIA Business 19/07/2018

Mahieddine Taleb oversees Sonatrach-Baker Hughes alliance

Mahieddine Taleb, adviser to Sonatrach chairman and chief executive Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour, is playing an increasingly crucial role at the [...]

ALGERIA Politics 21/06/2018

Algeria grants access to US spy planes

Algeria's refusal to help the G5 Sahel anti-terrorism coalition formed by France (see our sister publication West Africa Newsletter, LC [...]

ALGERIA Energy 22/05/2018

ExxonMobil back in the running for Hassi Messaoud

As preparations for the new oil law get underway, the American major is planning its moves for 2019. [...]

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ALGERIA Politics 19/04/2018

The army tightens up Sonatrach's air defences

Five years after the In Amenas hostage drama, the Armee Nationale Populaire (ANP) is turning to Lockheed Martin and Leonardo to help it improve surveillance of Algeria's borders… and the installations of national oil group Sonatrach, which will be contributing [. [...]

ALGERIA Business 12/01/2017

Intelligence Online 03/07/2019

Musical chairs at DARPA, future Space Force

Fred Kennedy has resigned as director of the Space Development [...]

Intelligence Online 08/05/2019

The Intelligence & Security Committee quietly removes Ian Blackford

Ian Blackford, the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) [...]

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Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour
Ahmed Gaid Salah
Andarko
Baker Hughes
Carmen Group
Chakib Khelil
Chevron
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle
David Keene
Donald Trump
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Field Aerospace
Foley Hoag
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Insurers' inertia ensures GE prevails in Hadjret En Nouss power plant dispute Free

Sonatrach's Hakkar ends Baker Hughes' industrial venture in Oran

Further delay expected in execution of Raytheon spy plane contract

Army still in market for mobile phone scramblers

US group Navistar to deliver more armoured cars to the army

Mustapha Hanifi: fall of the ministry's hydrocarbons emperor

Saïd Chengriha resumes hunt for aerostats without Lockheed

Fouad Ferhat takes charge of business relations with the United States

How Saïd Sahnoun was at the root of Hachichi's downfall at Sonatrach

Ahmed Gaid Salah appoints a new defence attache in Washington

The army and Sonatrach are offered British-style cyber security

Egypt's MAN group breaks up with Senator Benkortbi Free

The USTDA visits Sonatrach on anti-Huawei and pro-shale mission

The military study their new spy planes in Oklahoma

AEC's Souk Tleta desalination plant remains at a standstill

Leonardo crosses its fingers for helicopter assembly joint venture

Norinco to provide ENAGEO with mobile base camp

Landing in sight for Ahmed Gaid Salah's American spy planes

Sonatrach is Ahmed Gaid Salah's next target

Political crisis: Kaddour fears delays on new hydrocarbons code

The build-up to Salah Mekmouche's ejection from Sonatrach

Nait Abdelaziz clan builds up its security business

Algeria returns to the US for oil, business and security

Sina Khelil goes after the French and Algerian IT markets

Toufik Hakkar already on the Turkish front for Sonatrach

Sonatrach awards IT contract to China's CNPC and Huawei

AEC moves to revive Souk Tleta desalination plant

Haftar looks for a seat on the G5 Sahel

Foley Hoag resumes its pro-Sahrawi lobbying

Defence contractors hit by panic wave

International Policy Solutions to sell Sonatrach in the US

Mahieddine Taleb oversees Sonatrach-Baker Hughes alliance

Algeria grants access to US spy planes

ExxonMobil back in the running for Hassi Messaoud

The army tightens up Sonatrach's air defences

Lockheed Martin makes late bid for military radar contract

Lokman’s death a tri-national success

Gendarmerie extends C2 system

Sonelgaz wants to produce locally

Musical chairs at DARPA, future Space Force

The Intelligence & Security Committee quietly removes Ian Blackford

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