Abdelaziz Bouteflika

Algeria
BMW readies comeback

The German vehicule manufacturer is about to return, its sales having been on hold since Algiers revised its motor industry policy. Plans for a new factory are also under consideration.

Algeria
Algiers and Paris move to restore judicial cooperation

In a sign of warming relations, the Algerian embassy in Paris is preparing to welcome a magistrate tasked with reviving mutual legal assistance with France, a collaboration suspended since 2024.

North Africa
Mahgreb experts launch strategic think tank

Three specialists from Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria have launched a new 'incubator' of ideas, the Paris-based Policy Network for Transitions. Its aim is to help local elites meet long-term climate and economic challenges in the Maghreb.

Algeria
The life of businessman Ayoub Aissiou far from Algiers

The owner of the very popular television channel El Djazairia, now closed, has been forced to live in exile for several years, locating himself in France, Italy, and the United Arab Emirates.

Algeria
Algiers slowly severs diplomatic ties with Abu Dhabi

Abdelmadjid Tebboune has decided to reduce Algeria’s diplomatic representation in Abu Dhabi to the bare minimum.

Algeria
Algeria's WTO membership still blocked

As one of the few states not to be part of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Algeria does not seem ready to resume negotiations, which began almost 40 years ago.

Algeria
Head of internal intelligence, General Hassan sees his prerogatives extended

Adopted in September, a new decree extends the judicial powers of the internal security service. In ten years, it has gone from having a supporting role under the control of the public prosecutor's office to being an autonomous investigative force, a symbol of increasing security centralisation.

Algeria
Algiers enlists Parisian law firm in case against German manufacturer Heitkamp

The German company Heitkamp has initiated proceedings against Algeria before the World Bank's arbitration tribunal. The former accuses the latter of violating investment agreements concluded between the two countries.

Algeria
Algiers shelves plans for Cherchell mega-port

The deepwater port of El Hamdania in the northern town will not finally be built. Part of Beijing's New Silk Road strategy, the project was launched in 2015, but has suffered numerous delays, not least 2019's change of political leadership.

The New Guard
Ghana, South Africa, Algeria

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

GhanaJohn Abdulai Jinapor, the new oil expert

South AfricaAshor Sarupen, a cooperative deputy finance minister

AlgeriaHabib Brahmia, a crestfallen opponent

Algeria
Algerian judiciary confiscates passports of business community

Thousands of Algerian nationals, among them businesspeople, politicians, journalists and their families, have been forbidden from leaving the country.

Algeria
State seeks control of Ennahar TV

With its CEO Anis Rahmani still behind bars, the country's largest television channel could soon fall into the hands of the state.