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Algeria: Army rejects opposition’s call to take over to end political crisis

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Army commander Ahmed Gaïd Salah Thursday brushed aside calls by the opposition to take control of the country in a bid to end the seemingly power vacuum at the head of the country as many doubt President AbdelAziz Bouteflika rules the North African country. Salah in a speech in Constantine, Northeastern Algeria, noted that the […]
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Libya: GNC comes up with Libyan-Libyan plan to end crisis

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Tripoli-based General National Congress (GNC) Tuesday proposed its own Libyan-Libyan roadmap to end the political crisis in a counter move to the UN-supported plan which led to the approval of Libyan unity government in Morocco. The roadmap according to committee member Abdul-Gader Hawaili speaking at press conference includes formation of a new interim parliament made […]
Algeria Business Headlines

Algeria’s Trade Deficit Worsens to Over $ 10 billion

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Algeria trade deficit widened to $10.33 billion during the first nine months of 2015, against a $4.09 billion surplus a year earlier, after a sharp fall in energy earnings caused by global drop in crude oil prices. The new figures confirm the deteriorating economic situation in the North African country, member of the OPEC cartel. […]