Cumulative cases of infection of the Covid-19 virus as of 10 June 2020 in Algeria reached 10,484, an increase of 117 from the previous day. The cumulative death toll is 724. Below are two interesting charts.
Death toll from Covid-19 in Algeria:
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Cumulative cases of infection of the Covid-19 virus as of 10 June 2020 in Algeria reached 10,484, an increase of 117 from the previous day. The cumulative death toll is 724. Below are two interesting charts.
Morocco is facing its largest wave of unrest in years, with mass protests erupting across major cities demanding better hospitals, schools, and an end to corruption.
French prosecutors are investigating former Algerian justice minister and ex-International Court of Justice president Mohammed Bedjaoui over alleged tax fraud, money laundering, and unexplained wealth running into the millions. The case reaches from a controversial ICJ ruling in a Qatar–Bahrain maritime dispute to high-end property deals in France and corruption scandals around Algeria’s Sonatrach, raising broader questions about how international justice, energy contracts, and opaque financial networks can intersect.
Algeria’s new rail link between Béchar and the giant Gara Djebilet iron ore deposit in Tindouf is designed as far more than a transport upgrade. By tying the remote southwest directly into Oran and other Mediterranean ports, the single‑track, heavy‑freight line is meant to anchor a 2,000‑kilometer economic corridor that can move millions of tons of iron ore and processed steel products while opening up one of the country’s most isolated regions to passengers, jobs, and investment.
France’s National Assembly has unanimously approved a reform that makes it easier for people exposed to French nuclear tests in Algeria and Polynesia to obtain compensation, replacing an onerous case‑by‑case causality test with a presumption of exposure for those who were present in designated test zones and later developed recognized radiation‑linked illnesses.