Category: Algeria

Algeria’s Abdelaziz Bouteflika Fires Two Top Army Generals

August 20, 2018

Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika last weekend dismissed two powerful army generals, the official news agency APS said. The generals, Said Bey and Lahbib Chentouf, had ... Read More

Algeria’s Sonatrach Struggles to Contain Brain Drain

August 17, 2018

State-owned oil and gas company Sonatrach, the backbone of Algeria’s economy, is reeling under an acute brain drain as its recent discoveries fail to offset ... Read More

Algeria’s Chairman of AU Peace & Security Council Faces Accusations of Sexism & Discrimination

August 16, 2018

The winds of change are finally blowing on the African Union’s most powerful body, the Peace and Security Council, whose chairman is undergoing a probe ... Read More

Unemployed Youth Threaten to Put End to Own Lives in Algeria’s Boiling South

August 16, 2018

Dozen disenchanted youths in the southern Algerian city of Ouargla made headlines when they threatened to set themselves on fire following the example of Tunisia’s ... Read More

Algeria Forged Secret Deal to Grant Terrorists Amnesty if they Surrender- Media reports

August 13, 2018

Algeria, France and Mali are said to have reached a secret deal under which they will grant asylum to Al Qaeda and other terrorists in ... Read More

Holy See Denounces Use of Children by Polisario for Political Propaganda

August 12, 2018

The representation of the Vatican in Morocco strongly denounced in a statement the political use by the Polisario of the children of the Tindouf camps. ... Read More

Algeria is Party to Sahara Conflict- Polisario Founder

August 11, 2018

Bachir Dkhil, one of the founders of the Polisario who defected to Morocco in 1990, welcomed the UN Security latest statements on Algeria’s involvement in ... Read More

Political Solution to Sahara Issue Hinges on Morocco-Algeria Direct Talks

August 11, 2018

One cannot continue to play by the same rules and expect different results. Since it put forth an autonomy plan, Morocco has engaged in UN-brokered ... Read More

Algeria seeks to have schools run on renewable energy

August 9, 2018

Algerian Minister of Interior, Local Authorities and National Planning Noureddine Bedoui on Wednesday said, the government is planning to equip all primary schools in the ... Read More

Algerian Regime’s Vested Interest in Business Hampers Genuine Economic Reforms

August 9, 2018

Algerian business tycoons’ close ties with the opaque Algerian regime are making genuine reforms harder to implement as the country faces a crisis reminiscent of ... Read More