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Mauritania Rescues 216 Migrants, Over 120 Remain Missing in Atlantic Sea Routes

Mauritania’s coast guard has rescued 216 migrants in two separate operations off the country’s Atlantic coast, while more than 120 others remain missing after a boat carrying migrants towards Spain’s Canary Islands went missing. In the latest operation carried out over the week-end, the coast guard rescued 179 migrants aboard a vessel that had departed […]

Algerians’ purchasing power continues to erode

The surge in inflation led to the erosion of the purchasing power of Algerians in a country suffering a shortage in foodstuff, medicine, and water. The salaries of 2010 lost half their value today amid a steep rise in prices of main grains and foodstuff, TSA and other Algerian media said. The situation has deteriorated […]

Algeria: Bejaia to have new oil port

Bejaia will be home to an oil terminal in 2015 destined to play a major role in the maritime area of Sidi Ali Lebhar according to the CEO of the Bejaia port company, Djelloul Achour. The project has obtained the Ministry of Energy and Mines approval and has been undertaken by Laboratory of Maritime Studies […]