Algeria

Nigerian President Mohamed Bazoum is in Algiers. He left Niamey on Monday afternoon, at the head of a large delegation of five ministers, including foreign affairs and defense. Mohamed Bazoum will meet several times with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on "Bilateral relations between the two countries". In the context of profound changes in the fight against Islamist terrorism in the Sahel,…

Almost a month after the election to the legislature, which was marked by a record-breaking vote and in the context of an economic and social crisis, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune presented the new team. At the domestic political level, little major change. At the diplomatic level, on the other hand, a remarkable return, that of Ramtane Lamamra to Foreign Affairs.…

Three days after the intoxication of more than 150 bathers, on Sunday afternoon in Ténès, the Algerian Ministry of the Interior announced in a press release on Wednesday, July 7, that they are incriminating chlorine spilled by municipal services in a wadi floating in the sea. Following biological analyzes of the samples taken at…

More than 150 people became ill after swimming in the sea on Sunday, in Ténès, on the Mediterranean coast, 200 kilometers west of Algiers. Many families had gathered on Sunday 4 July on the beach in Ténès on the Mediterranean coast for the opening of the summer season. By the end of the afternoon, dozens of swimmers began…

Discussions are continuing in Algeria with a view to forming a new government. President Abdelmajid Tebboune gave Prime Minister Aïmene Abderrahmane, who was appointed on June 30, a week. The announcement is expected at the beginning of the week. The first meeting of the new congregation is scheduled for Tuesday, July 6, and if all goes well, it will support the new team.…

Algerian Finance Minister Aimene Benabderrahmane was appointed prime minister on Wednesday following a legislative election held earlier this month, the presidency said as it sought to quell a deep socio-economic crisis. "Aimene Benabderrahmane has been appointed Prime Minister and has been named to consult with political parties and civil society to form a government as soon as possible," the presidency said in a statement. Benabderrahmane, 60, replaces Abdelaziz Djerad, who had been in office since…

This is one of the biggest challenges in uniting memories between France and Algeria, a substance that has long been buried in the sands of the Sahara: the pollution of southern Algeria by French nuclear tests. More than fifty years after the last test in 1966, Algiers has just created an agency to rehabilitate the sites of the old nuclear tests.…

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Saturday began talks to form a new government following a parliamentary election marked by low turnout, a statement from his office said. Algeria's incumbent National Liberation Front (FLN) won the most seats in the June 12 vote, which saw record-breaking votes, with a turnout of just 23%. On Thursday, Prime Minister Abdelaziz Jarad presented the resignation of his government to Tebboune, who asked him to continue to address current issues. "In the context of…

The National Unity Government unilaterally announced the opening of the coastal road between Sirte and Misrata, a road that is still closed alongside Khalifa Haftar's forces, the latter leading the largest military operation since October last year, and I followed a peace agreement. He has just declared that he has closed the border with Algeria. Khalifa Haftar is thus sending several messages to the…

In Algeria, the Movement of the Society for Peace (MSP) on Wednesday welcomed its legislative result despite a record-breaking vote. With 64 seats won in the National People's Congress, this party ideologically comes close to the Muslim Brotherhood therefore in second place in the vote. On Wednesday, during a press conference,…