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Renault pulls out all the stops to get its Oran plant reopened

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Employees working at the Renault factory in Oran, Algeria, on 10 November 2014.
Employees working at the Renault factory in Oran, Algeria, on 10 November 2014. © Louafi Larbi/Reuters

The facility, located in the country's second-largest city, has been closed since 2020. An application was submitted to the authorities to resume production, but so far the French car manufacturer has had its request rejected on four occasions.

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