In an article posted online on Tuesday, the Algérie Presse Service (APS) listed the reasons why “the Geneva Office of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal” had turned away the complaint in just 24 hours. The story – which quoted …
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The coronavirus pandemic is challenging Algeria’s aging health care system, as the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 approach 45,000, with some 1,500 deaths. Yet rather than the virus itself, it is the Algerian regime’s use of the pandemic to quell popular dissent that is pushing the country deeper into crisis. The authorities have seized on the public …
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Two weeks after the imprisonment of a high-profile Algerian journalist, a former reporter has been sentenced to prison for his online commentary, cementing fears that Algeria’s new president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, is on track…
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Algeria’s state grains agency OAIC has issued an international tender to buy milling wheat to be sourced from optional origins, European traders said on Sunday. The tender sought a nominal 50,000 tonnes but Algeria often buys considerably more …
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Algeria has launched Islamic finance products in a bid to attract money from the informal market, but bankers warn it will take more to fix the country’s struggling economy. Falling oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic have battered the North African country, triggering alarm bells among officials and experts. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast…
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Located in North Africa, Algeria is home to approximately 43 million people. Of those 43 million, 23% were living below the global poverty line, according to a 2006 estimate by the CIA World Factbook. Primarily composed of desert land, Algerians rely predominantly on food imports from other countries. Only a mere 17.4% of Algeria’s total amount of land…
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To speak of radio is to speak, as Ryszard Kapuscinky would say, of “that desire for our voice to reach somewhere is a characteristic need of imprisoned people who cling like a plank of salvation to the world’s faith in justice, who…
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To strengthen bilateral trade and economic ties, an agreement was signed between Bangladesh and Algeria in 1973. Now, both the countries have opportunities to increase trading, said Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi, according to a press release…
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The sleeping giant of North Africa is finally opening up to foreign investments, say Mehdi Haroun and Nora Djeraba of King & Spalding. Algeria is the largest country in the Arab world, Africa and the Mediterranean basin…
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Occidental Petroleum Corp.’s Algerian oil and gas assets are a core holding and will no longer be listed for sale, Chief Executive Officer Vicki Hollub said on a conference call with analysts. In May, Occidental’s proposed sale of its…
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