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Algeria fails to get Paris-based Kabyle independence leader extradited

French police has let go  one of the outspoken leaders of the Kabyle independence movement, known as MAK, wanted by Algiers. Aksel Bellabaci has been interrogated by the French police in Paris following an arrest warrant filed by Algeria, which accuses the Kabyle activist of igniting fires in Kabyle region in 2021. The failure to […]

Tunisia Risks Early Parliamentary Elections as Government Formation Stalls

Tunisian President Kais Saied said the country faces risk of early parliamentary elections if the line-up proposed by designate Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh fails to win parliamentary majority. Fakhfakh’s line-up was rejected by the biggest parties in the country, including Ennahda, an islamist party with the largest parliamentary representation. “Ennahdha’s decision will put the country […]

Algeria: Sonatrach and Fenosa finalise deal

Companies from the two sides of the Mediterranean have agreed to pen a deal valid for almost two decades. Spain’s Gas Natural Fenosa was a signatory to the deal with Algeria’s Sonatrach for 800mn m³/year of gas for a period of 18 years and for a 10% stake in the 8bn m³/yr in the Medgaz […]