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Algeria: Sonatrach’s CEO under fire for conflict of interest and nepotism as company faces dismal outlook ($)F

Several Algerian media have reported that Toufik Hakkar, the CEO of Sonatrach, has been spending unusually high amount of time during this month of Ramadan with a business tycoon from his hometown of Batna, Hamza Guettai. Guettai owns Petrogel, a private company...

Algeria: Blind repression and worsening freedoms in AlgeriaF

Algiers, May 20, 2020 - Algeria has sentenced three opposition activists to jail over Facebook posts, in what rights groups said Wednesday was the latest sign of increased repression after the coronavirus lockdown stifled a popular protest movement. Soheib Debaghi was...

Algeria: The return of the Saharan cheetah to the Hoggar MountainsF

Algiers, May 20, 2020 - Naturalists in Algeria have filmed a Saharan cheetah, a subspecies listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List, for the first time in a decade, the national parks authority said. The animal was spotted in the Hoggar Mountains national...

Algeria: Anger after pregnant doctor dies from Covid-19. She was denied maternity leaveF

Algiers, May 17, 2020 - The death of a pregnant Algerian doctor from the COVID-19 disease after she was denied maternity leave has sparked an uproar and prompted the dismissal Sunday of a hospital director. Health Minister Abderrahman Benbouzid sacked the director of...

Algeria: The mysterious Madam Maya and the depth of corruption of the Bouteflika regimeF

Algeria: The mysterious Madam Maya and the depth of corruption of the Bouteflika regimeF

Dec 31, 2020

Court of appeal upholds lower court's 12 year prison sentence against ex president's "secret daughter" A prominent...

Algerian president approves budget with a deficit valued at 14% of GDPF

Algerian president approves budget with a deficit valued at 14% of GDPF

Dec 31, 2020

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Thursday approved a 2021 budget which foresees a deficit of around 14...

Algeria: Another difficult year ahead, says MEA RiskF

Algeria: Another difficult year ahead, says MEA RiskF

Dec 31, 2020

Algeria ends the year 2020 with 1,878 critical incidents, down 35.4% from 2,909 in 2019, according to MEA Risk LLC....

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