First Independent Mena Newspaper
As many as 41 people – including American, British, French, Japanese, Norwegian, Irish and Austrian nationals – are being held hostage by armed Islamist militants after storming a gas facility in Algeria. The gas production facility attacked on Wednesday by the terrorists is located in the town of In Amenas (near the Libyan border). The […]
The national team of Algeria, the “desert foxes”, are preparing for their final test game before focusing on the North African derby against Tunisia in the African cup of nations in South Africa. It will be their last game and it will be against a first division team in South Africa’s league known as the […]
At least eight foreigners, including Britons, Norwegian and Japanese nationals were seized Wednesday in Algeria by Islamist militants in an attack on an oil facility in the south-eastern region of the North African country. The terror attack, which targeted a BP gas plant in the town of In Amenas (near the Libyan border), also claimed […]
Algerian military forces have launched lately a large scale combing campaign targeting Islamist militants groups operating in the Boumerdes-Tizi-Ouzou-Bouira triangle, stronghold of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and its affiliates. This campaign comes as the international community braces for military action to dislodge the radical Islamist forces occupying northern Mali after a coup in […]
In a fornight before the African Cup of Nations (CAN) kicks-off in South Africa, the national coach of the Algerian football team has spoken about his team’s ambitions in the upcoming continental tournament. Coach Halilhodzic assured the Algerian people that the desert foxes will be representing the country to the utmost level despite uncertainties surrounding […]
Algeria has been urged to diversify its economy which is heavily based on revenues generated from oil exports. This remark was made during the periodic assessments of the Algerian economy in the current year which has just a few days to go. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) did show their satisfaction […]
After the signing of agreements between the government of Algeria and Renault#, the news of subcontractors has been delivered to the public and it has been appreciated by the local businesses in the domain. It has been revealed that several components which will be need by Renault at its production plant in Oued Tlélat, Oran […]
The European Commission has approved two new cooperation programs worth € 45 million destined to help Algeria modernize its public administration and diversify its economy. The first program worth 15 million Euros will support the efforts made by the Algerian authorities for the diversification of their economy which remains heavily dependent on oil and gas […]
Algeria is boosting its tourism with a plan to build 13 new hotels with a total capacity of 1037 beds in 2012 with an estimated cost of more than 918 million dinars which will be provided by the private developers according to the Director of Tourism and artisanal of the wilaya of Tlemcen, Bachir Mourad. […]
Morocco is celebrating this week Algerian culture through the organization of many cultural events including plastic art, book and artifact exhibitions, plays performances, films screenings, music concerts and shows, poetry readings and lectures. A 114 strong Algerian cultural delegation, including musicians, choral singers, ballet dancers, writers and poets, is taking part in the week-long event […]