Tag: Algeria

Algeria loses about $100m over poor quality of Sonatrach’s petroleum products

September 8, 2020

Algeria’s energy giant Sonatrach has suffered a new setback after Turkey rebuffed two shiploads of liquefied natural gas (LNA) worth around $100 million after the ... Read More

Algeria: Demonstrators in Paris demand release of Khaled Drareni

September 8, 2020

Demonstrators gathered Monday in front of the Algerian Embassy in Paris to demand the release of journalist Khaled Drareni on the eve of his appeal ... Read More

Algerian News Agency caught in the act of fabricating stories

September 5, 2020

The lies of the Algerian news agency APS know no bounds. This mouthpiece of the military regime was forced to see in the mirror its ... Read More

Algeria scraps mega solar energy Desertec project

September 1, 2020

Algeria has decided to abandon German Desertec project, one of the world largest solar energy initiative to generate energy from the Sahara desert. “The Desertec ... Read More

UN Chief castigates Algeria for its role in perpetuating Sahara conflict

September 1, 2020

In a report covering a decade of the UN action in the Sahara, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres deplored the destructive role played by Algeria ... Read More

Algeria to hunt down some France-based nationals for ill-gotten wealth

August 28, 2020

Algeria has launched its campaign to recover wealth stolen by France-based members of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s circle. The justice of the North African country ... Read More

Algeria: The press freedom climate has changed for the worse

August 27, 2020

Two weeks after the imprisonment of a high-profile Algerian journalist, a former reporter has been sentenced to prison for his online commentary, cementing fears that ... Read More

Algeria looks to export $5bn home-manufactured medicine

August 26, 2020

Algeria is aiming at exporting $5 billion of manufactured medicine with help of local producer, Lotfi Benbahmed, minister of Pharmaceutical industry said Tuesday. “We are ... Read More

Algeria to hold referendum on new constitution

August 25, 2020

Algeria will hold on November 1 a referendum on the new draft constitution, which grants more power to the parliament and the Prime Minister following ... Read More

EU-Algeria FTA deal heading for deadlock

August 25, 2020

The long awaited Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Algeria and the European Union, expected to enter into force Sept.1, risks to be botched up as ... Read More