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In a bid to boost its tourism industry, Egypt has come up with the plan of exempting neighboring countries in the North African region from visa procedures when they are entering the country as tourists. It is being reported that only Libya, Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria are part of the exempted countries that will no […]
Algeria-born jihadist Yahya Abu Hamam, emir of al Qaeda in North Africa, has been added by the US to the list of global terrorists for his key role in the group’s terror activities in the Maghreb and Sahel region. Hamam spent 18 months in jail in Algeria for his terrorist activities. After his release, he […]
Algeria will be having nationwide coverage of fiber optic by 2015 according to the minister of Post and Information Technology and Communication, Moussa Benhamadi. He made this announcement at Tiaret precising that the project is aimed at generalizing and connecting all municipalities and agglomerations where the population is more than 9000. The minister stated that […]
Economic transactions between Algeria and Spain has not seized to increase and it continues “to be more and more important,” according to the Consul General of Spain in Oran, José Manuel Rodriguez. Such fruitful relationships have led to the recent creation of an Algerian-Spanish Trade and Industry Circle (CCIAE) which will be located in El […]
Work will soon begin on the Ain Amenas facility which came under a fatal terrorist attack and hostage situation last month. The Algerian gas complex which is jointly managed by British petroleum (BP), Algeria’s Sonatrach and Norway’s Statoil might partially begin operations next week according to an official from sonatrach. Abdelhamid Zerguine, the head of […]
A day before the official commemoration ceremonies begin in the country to mark the National Shaheed (martyr) Day observed on the 18th of February, the town of Annaba has already got the ball rolling. In a ceremony attended by the Minister of Mujahedeen (Liberation War veterans) Mohamed-Cherif Abbas, Annaba commemorated the day in style with […]
Algeria will be building a new city with the name El-Menia in Constantine, with a budget of $2.4 billion over a 1.2 million sq m development project. The city is designed by Canadian firms Exp and Lemay with the aim of making it a sustainable new community and reducing its carbon footprint as much as […]
Officials from the United States and Algeria held a meeting in Algiers this February 10-11 to consult on ways to strengthen their cooperation in struggle against nuclear smuggling, the U.S. State Department announced in a press release. The discussions that furthered a first round of bilateral consultations initiated in January 2012 also addressed border security. […]
Plans are underway to generalize fiber optic connections between all industrial areas and business parks in Algeria and telecommunication operator Algérie Télécom will be supported in its investments efforts to carry out the plans. The announcement was made by minister of post and ICT, Moussa Benhamadi, during the signing ceremony of a Framework Agreement between […]
U.S. military had planned few years ago airstrikes against Algerian Jihadist Mokhtar Belmokhtar but the U.S. ambassador to Mali at that time opposed the plan, saying such action could trigger a backlash against Americans, reported the Washington Post. This Algerian terrorist, an Afghan war veteran, was closely watched by the U.S. intelligence military across the […]