By Lamine Chikhi and Myra MacDonald ALGIERS (Reuters) - Three weeks after being rushed to hospital in Paris, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has disappeared from sight, leaving behind a country preparing for a successor who for the first time will come from a generation too young to have fought in Algeria's war of independence against France. In a country run with Soviet-style secrecy ...
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, believed to have suffered a stroke, has not made a public appearance in three weeks. The country must now prepare for their first leader from a generation too young to have fought for independence from France.
Algeria censored two dailies over reports that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, hospitalised in Paris since April 27, will return home in a coma after his health took a turn for the worse, their chief said on Sunday.
Algeria censors two dailies over reports that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, hospitalized in Paris since April 27, will return home in a coma after his health took a turn for the worse, their chief says.
May 20, 2013 1:25 AM ALGIERS (AFP) - Algeria censored two newspapers for reporting that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has fallen into a coma three weeks after being hospitalised in Paris, fuelling speculation on Sunday about his health.
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria may cut spending if crude oil prices keep falling sharply, Finance Minister Karim Djoudi said on Thursday, ahead of an OPEC meeting at the end of this month. With social spending on the rise, oil output in decline and the price of its main earner natural gas weaker, Algeria has joined Iran and Venezuela as a price hawk in the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting ...
Algerian moves to increase security after a terrorist attack on a natural gas facility in January don't address the underlying security threat of doing business there. Energy and other companies must beware of the destabilizing rivalries among Algerian leaders, who use extremist groups for their own ends.
ALGIERS (Reuters) - OPEC member Algeria's crude oil and natural gas output declined by 6 percent in 2012, official figures published on Monday showed. The data, released by the National Statistics Office and published in government newspaper El Moudjahid, also showed an 8.6 percent decrease in liquefied natural gas production, while oil refined products dropped 7.8 percent. The report provided ...
The Air Algerie check-in desks at Orly airport, south of Paris, on July 13, 2011. Air Algerie planes were grounded for several hours on Saturday when the national carrier's pilots staged a wildcat strike ...