Tag: Algeria

Algeria: Former OPEC Secretary General endorses Bouteflika’s 5th term

January 25, 2019

Algeria’s former minister of energy and ex-Secretary General of the oil cartel OPEC Thursday threw his full support behind incumbent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika should he ... Read More

Algeria: Court releases journalist sentenced to one-year in jail

January 25, 2019

An Algerian court has ordered the release of a journalist one month into his one-year jail sentence over participation in an unauthorized demonstration. Noureddine Benissad, ... Read More

Algeria: Former Top Army Officer, Former PM Become First Candidates for April Elections

January 21, 2019

Retired army General Ali Ghediri Saturday announced his intent to run for the 2019 Presidential elections, becoming therefore the first candidate for the much-awaited elections ... Read More

Bouteflika’s Fifth Term Haunts Upcoming Algerian Presidential Elections

January 19, 2019

Algeria has finally announced the holding of presidential elections among indicators that ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika may run for a fifth term. The 81-year-old president ... Read More

EU Shatters Algeria’s Plots to Unsettle Morocco

January 18, 2019

Algeria and its proxy the Polisario have yet again tasted the bitter taste of diplomatic defeat as Morocco and the EU renew the agricultural agreement ... Read More

Algeria to conclude oil deal with Exxon Mobile

January 17, 2019

The government Algeria will conclude its deal with Exxon Mobil Corp and set up a trade joint venture with an international company before the first ... Read More

About 900 Sahrawi Representatives Support Extension of EU-Morocco Fisheries & Farm Deals

January 14, 2019

About 900 elected Sahrawi representatives, politicians and civil society militants have called on the European Union to extend the fisheries and farm accords with Morocco, ... Read More

Algeria: State Department Advices “Increased Caution” for U.S. Travelers

January 9, 2019

The Department of State has warned Americans traveling to Algeria to “exercise increased caution” due to terror threats in this country, which is on the ... Read More

Algeria: UN Voices Deep Concern Over Detention of Syrian, Yemeni & Palestinian Refugees

January 4, 2019

The UN Refugee Agency has voiced deep concern over the detention by the Algerian authorities of 120 refugees from Syria, Yemen and Palestine at the ... Read More

Algeria: Will the Military Intervene ?

December 31, 2018

With the political crisis deepening in Algeria wherein social anger is mounting and the economic situation is worsening, the struggle for power between the elite ... Read More