First Independent Mena Newspaper
It seems that the jihadist terror groups have carried out their threats launched against Algerian authorities when the Islamist militants attacked lately Algerian army, killing at least 11 soldiers. The deadly assault took place in a forested area of the Ain Defla (240km southeast of Algiers) wherein armed groups are active since the 1990’s Algerian […]
Algeria’s foreign exchange reserves plummeted by half in the first quarter of 2015 due to the fall in global crude oil prices, the country’s central bank said. The forex reserves went down by $ 19.02 billion to $159.9 billion in the first quarter of 2015, Algerian central bank added, noting that the sales of hydrocarbons […]
A video posted on a website loyal to the terrorist Islamic State group has threatened that Algeria and Andalusia will be targeted as part of the campaign to increase territories under the group’s control. In the video, two individuals who identified themselves as Abu al-Baraa al-Jazayiri and Abu Hafs al-Jazayri urged Algerians to rally behind the extremist […]
Tunisia and Algeria agreed to enhance their cooperation in the fight against terrorism affecting North Africa, wherein the Islamic state is expanding its deadly operations and influence threatening peace and stability of the whole region. The agreement was announced during the meeting held lately in Tunis between Prime Minister Habib Essid and Algerian Foreign Affairs […]
Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has issued orders to crackdown on the ethnic unrest that has shaken to southern city of Ghardaia following violent clashes between Arabs and Berbers that left at least 22 people dead and many injured. Bouteflika, who convened an emergency high-level security meeting with the Prime Minister, defense officials, the army chief of staff […]
Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal has urged educational institutions to fight extremism saying“no to religious extremism in our universities.” At a meeting with the Dean of the Said Hamdine Faculty of Law in Algiers and the Minister of Higher Education and scientific research Tahar Hadjar, the Prime Minister called universitystudents to stay away from extremism as he reminded them that “our religion is Islam but we are […]
Algerian President Abdel Aziz Bouteflika stunned Algerians and opposition parties when he affirmed in an address on Independence Day that he would continue ruling Algeria despite his critical health condition. Under fire at home and on the international front for his incapacity and for the corruption and autocracy of his regime, president Bouteflika slammed critics […]
Algeria’s national ship repair company Erenav has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Portuguese Group Martifer on the setting up of a joint venture in shipbuilding and ship repair that will be located in the North African country. The two parties were both excited about the agreement and they hope to use the venture […]
London based paper Financial Times revealed on Wednesday that the European Union is planning to lean on Algeria to increase its gas import, a way to reduce its dependence on the Russian gas sources. According to the paper, talks have been initiated by the EU energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete and a new importation plan […]
Algerian authorities who are in possession of DNA data of the notorious al-Qaeda Maghreb chief Mokhtar Belmokhtar did not confirm the information about the death of the wanted terrorist. Mokhtar Belmokhtar’s death, announced on Sunday by the internationally-recognized Libyan government, has not been confirmed by the Pentagon which is still verifying the information. An Algerian […]