Belgian politicians Louis Michel & Jacques Brotchi

Algiers, world’s 4th cheapest city

A survey done by the Economist Intelligence Unit, a financial agency has been made public and Algeria has been classified as part of the 10 cheapest countries in the world. The survey which took into consideration a total of 131 cities from all the continents of the world was aimed at determining cities where the […]

Algeria: Bouteflika, a ghost-candidate in a presidential race!

In power since 1999, Abdelaziz Bouteflika suffered a stroke in 2013 that affected his ability to walk and to speak. Nailed in a wheelchair, he has hardly made any public appearances since then. Despite his poor health condition, the official news agency APS announced that Bouteflika would run for a fifth term in the presidential […]

Algeria should brace for end of oil

As pro-democracy protests continue to rattle the Algerian regime, Algeria marches ahead to an economic disaster as domestic energy consumptions nears levels of gas and oil production. Since 2007, Algeria’s consumption of oil and natural gas has risen by more than 50 percent while its oil production has fallen by 25 percent. With less oil […]