Algeria inaugurates strategic railway to giant Sahara mine
ALGEIRS(RAHNUMA): Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday inaugurated a nearly 1,000-kilometer (621-mile) desert railway to transport iron ore from a giant mine, a project he called one of the biggest in the country’s history. The line will bring iron ore from the Gara Djebilet deposit in the south to the city of Bechar located 950 […]
Algeria issues wheat import tender, traders say
PARIS(RAHNUMA): Algeria’s state grain agency OAIC has issued an international tender to buy wheat, with a deadline for offers on Monday, European traders said on Saturday. The tender sought a nominal volume of 50,000 metric tons, they said, though OAIC usually purchases much more in its import tenders. Shipment is required in March if wheat […]
Jailed French journalist files appeal in Algeria’s top court: lawyers
ALGIERS(RAHNUMA): French journalist Christophe Gleizes, sentenced to seven years behind bars in Algeria on terror-related charges, has filed an appeal seeking a new trial with the country’s highest court, his lawyers said Sunday. “Christophe Gleizes registered an appeal at (the court of) Cassation” on Sunday, the deadline for filing, his French lawyer Emmanuel Daoud told […]
Algeria denies escalation intention amid diplomatic row with France
Algiers, Jan 12 (IANS) Algeria said that it has no intention of escalating tensions with France, despite a “vindictive” and “hateful disinformation campaign” led by “the French far-right,” according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Community Abroad, and African Affairs. Algeria “has no intention of pursuing a strategy of provocation or […]
