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Algeria’s Abdelaziz Bouteflika (finally) resigns!

April 3, 2019 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has resigned with immediate effect, after a two-decade rule, according to a statement relayed by the state news agency APS. The […]

Algeria’s Bouteflika to resign before April 28

April 2, 2019 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika will resign before his mandate ends on April 28, state news agency APS said on Monday. The announcement comes a day […]

Bouteflika will hand over power to elected President, FM Lamamra assures Russia

March 21, 2019 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika will surrender power to future elected Algerian President, Foreign Minister and Vice-Prime Minister has told Russia, reports say. Algeria has been embroiled […]

Algeria signs $1,03 billion deal to develop Ain Tsila gas field

March 15, 2019 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

UAE-based Petrofac International LLC and operating joint venture Groupement Isarene have signed engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract to develop a gas field, located in […]

Algeria to increase electric power to 33,000 MW by 2022

February 28, 2019 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Algeria plans to increase its electric power from 21,000 MW currently to 33,000 MW by 2022, Energy Minister, Mustapha Guitouni said. These new capacities aim […]

Algeria’s long-awaited Sidi R’cine oil refinery inaugurated

February 25, 2019 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The long-awaited Baraki modernized Sidi R’cine oil refinery has been officially inaugurated, local media reported. The rehabilitation and extension work on the pre-existing refinery had […]

Algerians denounce Bouteflika’s candidacy for a fifth term

February 18, 2019 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Hundreds of Algerians staged demonstrated Saturday in several provinces and also in some European capitals, including Paris, to voice opposition to President Bouteflika’s candidacy for […]

Nissan to set car assembly plant in Algeria

February 14, 2019 Geraldine Boechat 0

Japan’s second largest car maker Nissan Motor Co has announced it will launch a car assembly plant jointly with a local partner in view of […]

Tunisia: record tourist numbers in 2018, revenues jump by 45%

January 8, 2019 Geraldine Boechat 0

Tunisia’s tourism revenues have soared in 2018 to $1.36 billion as the country saw the arrival of a record 8.3 million visitors, official figures released […]