In a pessimistic tone that bodes ill for Algeria’s economic prospects, Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal announced yet a new slump in the country’s foreign exchange reserves, which currently stand at $112 billion. As Algeria’s revenues continue to be battered by the slump in oil prices, Sellal, who was speaking in Annaba at a meeting […]
Significant resources have been mobilized to assist populations affected by the cold wave in 28 prefectures and provinces, covering 243 municipalities and 2,018 localities and douars. According to data from the Ministry of the Interior, 1,482 localities-representing 73.4% of the total- are located at altitudes between 1,500 and 2,499 meters, while 29 localities (1.4%) are […]
Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed will be the candidate of the recently created Tahya Tounes party at the presidential elections to take place on September 15 after the death of head of state Beiji Caid Essebsi who passed away last week. The Party’s Secretary General, Selim Azzabi, made the announcement Wednesday, few days after Tunisians […]
