Abdelmadjid Tebboune

Algeria, Mali
Ankara acts as mediator between Bamako and Algiers

The Turkish deputy minister of foreign affairs is serving as intermediary between Mali and Algeria to try to calm the tensions between these two countries with close links to Turkey.

Palace Intrigues
Uhuru Kenyatta, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema

Intrigues big and small... Every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

KenyaUhuru Kenyatta's meeting with his new protégé

AlgeriaPCR test, key to the presidential palace

GabonIsrael sends its deputy foreign minister to the presidential inauguration

Algeria
Cevital: one of the Rebrab brothers examined

Omar Rebrab, son of Cevital Founder Issad Rebrab, was recently interviewed by the authorities. Behind the scenes, the question of the patriarch's inheritance is not going away anytime soon.

Algeria
Macron's personal message to Tebboune on Palestine

French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noël Barrot relays a personal message from Macron to Tebboune.

Algeria
Algiers courts upwardly mobile diaspora

Of the many entities set up to strengthen ties between professionally successful Algerians living abroad and the government back home, the Djazpora association is notable for the solid political backing it enjoys.

Algeria
CMA CGM boss Rodolphe Saadé due in Algiers

The head of the French shipping giant will be taking part in high-level meetings with the Algerian authorities.

Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, Alassane Ouattara, Emmanuel Macron, Ibrahim Traoré, Yoweri Museveni

Intrigues big and small... Every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

DRCMaman Marthe in the thick of UDPS crisis

Ivory CoastMacron and Ouattara speak during Eid

Burkina FasoIbrahim Traoré snubs Doha envoy

UgandaTweets by Museveni's son cause uproar within presidential family

Algeria
Wide-ranging ambassador reshuffle encompasses Moscow, Ankara and Damas

The countries in question are of strategic importance to Algiers, not least Russia.

The New Guard
Ivory Coast, Namibia, Algeria

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

Ivory CoastSimon Seroussi, Israel's new ambassador

NamibiaFrieda Mukufa, a poet with a clear commitment

AlgeriaSelma Bakhta Mansouri, Tebboune's understudy on the continent

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.

Algeria
French-language education loses out amid Paris-Algiers tensions

Even before the row over Western Sahara, there had been an increasing number of disagreements between Emmanuel Macron and Abdelmadjid Tebboune. One of them was over education and, as a result, the number of Algerian schools accredited by France has never taken off.

Algeria
Tebboune faces questions about industrial woes in Annaba

Soon after Sifi Ghrieb's appointment as industry minister last year, MPs from the northeast quizzed him about problems facing factories in one of the country's industrial heartlands. The minister then raised the matter with the head of state.

Algeria
Algiers looking to renew military ties with Bamako and Niamey

While its relations with the Malian junta are at a standstill, Algeria is trying to restart its military cooperation with Burkina Faso and Niger.