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Algeria businesses hope gov't will stay the course on reforms

Algerian businesses say they are starting to benefit from new rules to encourage investment and exports in one of the world's most closed economies, but they fear a petrodollar windfall could push the government back to its state-heavy model.

Reuters · Oct 23, 2022

On Algeria visit, Macron says 'painful' shared past 'prevents us from looking to the future'

On his second visit to Algeria as head of state, French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday reiterated a commitment to building a better bilateral future, announcing a joint committee to study the colonial period and saying a "painful common past (...) has at times prevented us from looking to the…

France 24 · Aug 25, 2022

Macron heads to Algeria with energy, post-colonial relations topping agenda

French President Emmanuel Macron travels to Algeria on Thursday seeking to soothe festering diplomatic tensions with an increasingly important supplier of gas to Europe in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 24, 2022

Brother of Algeria’s Bouteflika Jailed for 8 Years

The jailed brother of Algeria's late president Abdelaziz Bouteflika received an eight-year prison sentence on Monday for corruption, local media reported. Said Bouteflika's co-defendant, construction tycoon Ali Haddad who is also already in prison on other charges, was sentenced to four years, and both received fines. They had been charged…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 7, 2022

Chilling final interview of Qatar princess before mystery death saying she was cursed

In haunting interview, Kasia Galliano told reporters: 'I decided after a few years its time to speak up, its time to let people know that its not all glam and perfect, that I do also struggle and go through things'

Daily Mirror · Jun 1, 2022

Algeria: Corruption Trial of Former Culture Minister Kicks Off Sunday

Algiers’ Misdemeanor Court begins on Sunday the hearing of 53 witnesses in the trial of former Minister of Culture Khalida Toumi over corruption allegations under the rule of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Toumi, who served as culture minister for 12 years, is accused of squandering public funds in cultural events…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 27, 2022

France marks 60 years since Evian Accords ended the Algerian war

France commemorated 60 years since the signing of the Evian Accords – which ended the Algerian war and paved the way for independence from France – at an Élysée Palace ceremony on Saturday.

France 24 · Mar 19, 2022

Former Algerian Minister Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

An Algerian court on Monday sentenced in absentia former energy ministry Chakib Khelil, who served under former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, to 20 years in prison on corruption charges, local media reported. The Sidi M’Hamed court in Algiers also fined the longtime former minister, who served for half of Bouteflika’s 20-year…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 15, 2022