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If reports from Tehran are anything to go by, three African countries will be having Iran to build small refineries for them. Algeria is the only North African country alongside Angola and South Africa. Reports claim that terms have already Read more
Mahmood Sharif Mahmood, an advisor at the Gulf state’s ministry of foreign trade has given reasons why the UAE has put a temporary halt to its investments plans in countries hit by the Arab Spring. He said that they are Read more
Qatar International, a Qatari joint venture grouping Qatar Steel and Qatar Mining, will build a $2 billion steel plant in the Algerian eastern province of Jijel. The Qatari firm will be holding a 49 percent stake in the plant and Read more
A report from Arab Petroleum Investments Corp has revealed that oil producers in MENA are planning a total investment of US$740bn on energy projects over the next 5 years (2013-2017). The five countries leading the investment table are Saudi Arabia Read more
Taher Touati, the Algerian vice-consul in Mali, who was captured and kidnapped alongside seven diplomats when the Algerian consulate in Gao, Mali, was attacked in April by the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) has been executed Read more
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon made it clear that the United Nations will not monitor human rights in the Western Sahara and does not intend to modify the terms of its mediation in this long lasting regional conflict. “The Read more
Syria has acknowledged Lakhdar Brahimi as the new United Nation envoy in a statement read by the deputy foreign minister. He said that they are ready to work with him despite criticisms from the international monitors that the Syrian government Read more
The influx of refugees continues as the tension between government forces and the rebels is far from ending. This number of refugees in Algeria may be attributed to the lack of visa requirements between the two countries. The country has Read more
France has renewed its backing to Morocco’s plan to grant autonomy status to Western Sahara in a bid to resolve the decades-old territorial dispute opposing the North African Kingdom to Polisario front. Morocco has offered to make Western Sahara largely Read more
The second edition of the Asia-Arab forum on sustainable energy is being held in Oran, Algeria. The host country’s capacity of developing its potentials in the domain of renewable energy especially solar energy will be the main topic for the Read more