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Italy PM signs Algeria gas deals to reduce Russia reliance

Algiers (AFP) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi announced a deal on Monday to boost gas deliveries from energy heavyweight Algeria, as he steps up efforts to reduce Rome's heavy reliance on Russian imports.

AFP

Global ambitions drive Algerian tech start-up Yassir

Algiers (AFP) - It's the Algerian start-up that made good: despite the country's notoriously complex business climate, taxi and home-delivery firm Yassir has millions of users and is expanding across Africa.

AFP

Stopped press: Algeria billionaire to shut Liberte newspaper

Algiers (AFP) - Algeria's French-language newspaper Liberte will run its final edition next week, the newspaper announced Thursday, criticising the decision by its owner, the country's richest man.

AFP

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Algerian man held 20 years at Guantanamo Bay sent home

An Algerian man, accused of training al-Qaida terrorists and held at Guantanamo Bay since 2002, has been released and sent home to Algiers.

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Algeria warns of possible gas price rise for Spain

Algiers (AFP) - Algeria's state-owned energy giant Sonatrach warned Friday it could increase the price of its gas sales to Spain, against the backdrop of a diplomatic row with Madrid over the disputed Western Sahara.

AFP

Blinken, Tebboune Discuss Algeria-Morocco Dispute

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken praised the “solid” Algerian-US relations during his meeting with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Wednesday in Algiers. Tebboune received Blinken at the presidential headquarters, accompanied by a diplomatic delegation. Blinken conveyed the US administration's desire to end the tension between Morocco and Algeria over…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine war has 'deadly' impact on Arab region: US top diplomat

Algiers (AFP) - Russia's invasion of Ukraine is having a "deadly" impact and threatening security in the Arab world, particularly through spiralling wheat prices, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Algiers Wednesday.

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Blinken visits Algeria in shadow of Ukraine war

Algiers (AFP) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived Wednesday in Algeria, a Moscow ally and major gas producer that has faced calls to boost exports to Europe after prices soared following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

AFP

Algeria to Host Arab League Summit in November, Syria's Return Remains Undetermined

The Arab League will hold its upcoming summit in Algeria, announced Sec-Gen Ahmed Aboul Gheit during a press conference after the 157th session of the Arab League at the ministerial level. Aboul Gheit explained that Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra presented during the meeting, chaired by Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah…

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Ukraine crisis set to strengthen oil-rich Algeria’s hand against democracy movement

Algeria’s oil and gas reserves are likely to embolden a regime that is cracking down on civil society

The Independent UK

Palestinian PM Says Factions Will Return to Algeria Next Week

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced on Tuesday that national factions would return to Algeria next week to complete previous dialogues aimed at achieving the inter-Palestinian reconciliation. Speaking at the beginning of the cabinet meeting, Shtayyeh said several factions are heading to Algiers next week at the invitation of the…

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Algeria's 60 Years of Complex Relations with Former Occupier France

In the 60 years since Algeria won independence from France, it has gone through multiple crises with its former occupier, often fueled by domestic politics. Yet the two sides had surprisingly good relations for the first four decades, and it was only in the 1990s that things started to fall…

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Algerian Former Industry Minister Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

An Algerian court on Thursday sentenced former Minister of Industry Djamila Tamazirt to five years in prison on corruption charges, reported the state news agency APS. The Sidi M’Hamed court in Algiers combined this conviction of Tamazirt with a fine of 300,000 dinars (about 1,900 euros) and ordered the seizure…

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Algeria prosecutors urge harsher penalty for journalist Drareni

Algiers (AFP) - Algerian prosecutors on Thursday called for harsher penalties against journalist and press freedom activist Khaled Drareni, his lawyer said, after an appeal against his two-year prison sentence.

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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…

Radio France Internationale

France's Macron offers solemn recognition of 1962 Algiers shootings

In a first for a French president, Emmanuel Macron has admitted the shooting of unarmed civilians by French soldiers in Algiers in 1962 was an "unforgivable" act. He also acknowledged a second massacre in Oran the same year, and called for a reconciliation process to begin.

France 24

Macron calls 1962 Isly 'massacre' in Algiers ‘unforgiveable for the Republic’

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said the March 1962 shooting of dozens of European supporters of French Algeria on the rue d'Isly in the heart of Algiers was "unforgivable for the Republic". In a first, the French president admitted that the shooting of unarmed civilians by French soldiers was…

The Independent UK

New Orleans explosion: Unidentified blast heard as residents report shaking homes

‘Half of New Orleans, from Algiers, Bywater, Mid-City, just heard a big boom that shook houses including mine. And no one knows what it is’

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Arab League: Date of Algiers Arab Summit Missing Starting Date

Arab League Assistant Secretary-General Ambassador Hossam Zaki said the date of the Arab summit scheduled to be held in Algeria hasn’t been determined yet. “The date of the summit will be specified based on consultations between the host country and the rest of the member states,” Zaki told a press…

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