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Algeria lags behind in international internet speed ranking

Algeria has the fourth slowest internet service in the world ranking 174th out of 177 countries surveyed by the Speedtest Global Index, which measures mobile and fixed broadband internet services from around the world on a monthly basis. Last December, Algeria’s Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum was unable to maintain a stable internet during an African […]

Egypt’s Tourism Hit by Another Terror Attack

The Egyptian security forces have botched up Wednesday a new terror plot hatched to deal a hard blow to the tourism sector, one of the major pillars of the economy of the most populous country in the Arab world. The target was this time the ancient Karnak Temple in Luxor, one of Egypt’s world famous […]

Bamako-Tuareg war marks erosion of Algeria’s role in Sahel

Malian forces have taken Kidal the stronghold of Tuareg rebels marking the end of a deal brokered by Algiers in 2015 and the erosion of Algeria’s diplomacy in its Sahel neighborhood. More than a week after Bamako soldiers, backed by Russian Wagner mercenaries, took the strategic town, Algeria’s resounding silence reflects the country’s fading role […]