Algeria Bound

Energy: New Italian PM heads to Algeria to secure more gasF

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni agreed Monday to strengthen energy cooperation with Africa's top gas exporter Algeria, the latest European country seeking supply deals to help reduce reliance on Russia. "Facing the great energy crisis that Europe in particular...
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Western Sahara: Brahim Ghali reelected head of Polisario FrontF

The Polisario Front, which seeks independence for Western Sahara, re-elected its leader Friday in its first vote since the breakdown of a UN-supervised truce with Morocco, which controls most of the disputed territory. Brahim Ghali, 73, was elected to a new three-year...
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Algerian: Independent journalist Ihsane el-Kadi still in prisonF

Rights group Amnesty International urged Algeria on Tuesday to immediately release prominent jailed journalist Ihsane El Kadi, condemning what it called a "ruthless campaign" to silence critics. El Kadi, director of the Maghreb Emergent news website and Radio M, was...
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Algeria: Sheltered abroad, ex energy minister Chakib Khelil sentenced to 20 years in prison for corruptionF

A former Algerian energy minister was sentenced in absentia Thursday to 20 years in prison for corruption, the latest ruling against a top ally of late president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, local media reported. Chakib Khelil headed the energy ministry of Africa's top gas...
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