First Independent Mena Newspaper
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 […]
Italian oil company Eni has started gas production in the Algerian Menzel Ledjmet East (220 km southeast of Hassi Messaoud) despite security fears exacerbated following last month hostage crisis that ended in a bloodbath in the North African country. Indeed, some 40 foreign workers, who were taken hostage by Islamist militants linked to Al Qaeda […]
Southern Algeria is dominated by the Sahara desert. The dunes, mountains and wilderness of the region have been seducing adventure travelers for decades but the lure seems close to fading away. However, the tourism industry in southern Algeria will probably suffer seriously after the latest attack on a gas and oil field in In Amenas. […]
Algerian and Italian companies will set up joint ventures in the housing industry sector as demand continues to grow in the North African country. According to the CEO of INDJAB holding company, Hafid Fassouli, four Algerian-Italian joint ventures specialized in construction and housing will be created soon, in a bid to upgrade Algeria’s construction capacity. […]
Last December, the U.N. Security Council passed a cautious resolution that outlined steps to be taken before an international military intervention into Mali to deal with the deteriorating security situation in the country. But in a surprise move on 11 January, French President Francois Hollande authorized airstrikes in Mali to stop a sudden southward push […]
While French troops are treated and greeted in Mali as liberators rather than as foreign occupiers, Egypt’s Islamist president Mohamed Morsi has expressed opposition to France’s military action launched to dislodge the Jihadist fighters linked to Al Qaeda occupying the northern part of the impoverished West African country. “We do not accept at all the […]