Tag: Algeria

Algeria’s foreign exchange reserves plunge amid drop in oil revenues

February 16, 2020

Algeria’s public debt rose to 45% of GDP while its foreign exchange reserves continue to shrink on the back of falling oil prices in international ... Read More

Algeria: Ennahar media group boss arrested on alleged corruption charges

February 14, 2020

Anis Rahmani, the powerful boss of Ennahar media group, has been hauled into custody after his arrest on corruption charges. Ennahar TV, known close to ... Read More

CIA used encryption company to spy on Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, others for 50 years

February 13, 2020

Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia were in a long list of countries the CIA spied on using encryption company for 50 years, in a case that ... Read More

Algeria: ISIS Claims Responsibility for Suicide Bomb Attack on Military Barracks

February 12, 2020

The Islamic state group, ISIS, on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the suicide bomb attack on a military camp, on Sunday, near the border with Mali ... Read More

Algeria: Appeal court upholds sentences against Said Bouteflika, Gen. Toufik, Tartag

February 11, 2020

An appeal court in Algiers upheld 15-year in jail sentence against Said Bouteflika, the brother of former President Abdel Aziz Bouteflika, and against the former ... Read More

Algeria: State-run Sonatrach CEO Sacked

February 6, 2020

Kamel Eddine Chikhi, Chief of state-owned energy firm Sonatrach, was sacked Wednesday only three months into the job.   A presidential decree, relayed by state-run ... Read More

Spain Dismantles 26-member Human Trafficking Network

February 4, 2020

Spanish police Monday said it has rounded up 26 people organized in a network which has been trafficking immigrants to the European country, mainly from ... Read More

Algeria Reinforces Siege of Polisario-held Sahraouis in Tindouf Camps

February 4, 2020

Satellite images shared on Moroccan media showed a sand wall built by Algerian authorities around the Polisario-run Tindouf camps where thousands of Sahraouis remain hostage. ... Read More

Algeria to Iject $150m into Tunisia’s Central Bank

February 3, 2020

Algeria Sunday pledged to inject $150 million into the Tunisian Central Bank, BCT, in support to its neighbor, which has been struggling financially and economically ... Read More

Algeria: Fighter Jet Crashes, 2 Pilots killed

January 28, 2020

A military fighter jet crashed late Monday, during a night drill, killing the two pilots onboard, the defense ministry said in a statement. The jet, ... Read More