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Algeria is trying to rally members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) as well as non-members to work towards stopping the fall of oil prices. President Bouteflika has sent messages to more than 10 countries regarding the issue and Energy Minister Youcef Yousfi met with Angola’s Oil Minister Jose Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos […]
Algeria has supplied Tunisia with weapons in the past as part of a security agreement between them but a source has claimed that the latest supply which took place on Thursday at a crossing point in the border town of Tebessa involved air-to-surface missiles. Although there has been no official statement about the security transactions […]
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has refused to talk over the phone to President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria. The move that might seem unusual was made public by an official statement of the Moroccan Foreign Ministry which explained that the Nigerian President’s request to talk to the Moroccan King was merely meant to exploit the Sovereign’s […]
Protests that started as a social issue in Algeria are slowly making their way to the political platform as pressure builds up against the government. Demonstrations started late last year in the southern oasis town of Ain Salah where a pilot project is being held but it has now spread to several cities across the […]
Ties between Algeria and Kenya were boosted after the latter opened an Embassy there with Moi Lemoshira as Ambassador Extra-Ordinary and Plenipotentiary. During the presentation of his credentials on Sunday to Presdient Bouteflika, Lemoshira hailed the ties between the two countries and was hopeful that the signing of the Agreement on the Establishment of Joint […]
Algerian energy minister Yousef Yousfi has met with Kazakhstan’s foreign Affairs Minister Yerlan Iddrissov in Astana to discuss broader cooperation between the two countries in energy and trade as well as coordination between their governments within international organizations. Kazakhstan’s Foreign Affairs ministry press service said the country is hoping to solidify its position in the […]
Residents of Tunisia’s two main border crossings with Libya staged a general strike Tuesday to protest against what they say is excessive force by police when clashes demonstrations over the weekend left one person dead. Unions in the two towns want the government to uplift an export tax imposed on goods in the area since […]
An Algerian diplomat has revealed that Algeria declined to join the US led campaign military campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) after requests from France and the United States. According to the diplomatic source who wants to remain anonymous, Algeria was asked to send two squadrons of warplanes to join the […]
Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi has began on the 5th February a two-day state visit to Algeria at the invitation of the Algerian Head of State, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Accordding to a statement from the presidency of Algeria, released by Algerian official news agency APS, This two-day visit will provide an opportunity to the two […]
The United Nations (UN) has criticized this week, the low level of education in Algeria, partly because of the poor training of teachers. The institution nevertheless welcomed the high rate of 97% of children enrolled in primary school as well as free education system at all levels. The Head of UN department in charge of […]