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Afrol Algeria Index Page: Links to Algeria

The Algeria Index Page

Welcome to our guide to links about Algeria in the www. On the left, an updated list of contents. For those wanting to read some general information, statistics, etc. about Algeria, see our Background Page or go to general information in the link list.

If you are looking for first hand information of high scientific value about Algeria, have a look at our Algeria Searches - the direct access to the databases of several UN-organizations and others. It's right below!

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Algeria INDEX

Contents

Media & Government
Media (27)

The Press in Algeria (9)

Press reporting about Algeria (7)

International Press (8)

News/Discussion Groups (3)

 

 

Government (30)

 

 

 

Personal Home Pages, Algerians (0)

Other (58)

Cities & Towns (1)

Companies (1)

Culture (4)

Economy (7)

Education (3)

Environment/Nature (3)

General information (6)

Human Rights (3)

Internet/Telecom Services (1)

Links/Resource Pages (7)

Nature/Environment (3)

Organizations (1)

Politics (10)

Read about Algeria (6)

Resource Pages/Links (7)

Sports (1)

Telecom/Internet Services (1)

Travel (9)

Women /Gender (1) 


Algeria Searches

Here a list of sites were you can expect to find specific information about Algeria when you search their database on the word "Algeria":

UNIONS is the United Nations International Organizations Network Search. Here you can search within all the UN-system, including sub-organizations. Expect to find too much documents, reports, articles, etc. about Algeria.

ECA-search - (UN.org.) In the database of the Economic Commission for Africa you might find some country-specific information about development. They also are quite good on gender issues.

FAO-search - (UN-org.) Their database gives you lots of articles and reports about livestock and agriculture in Algeria. Tons of free information!

ILO-search - (UN-org.) Their database might find you some reports about working conditions in Algeria, although there is little African country-specific information.

Infonation is a UN statistics service. Choose country specific data from their huge and updated database. All countries are represented with data from the fields geography, economy, population and social indicators. You can compare data from up to seven countries. Excellent tool! 

UNDP-search - (UN-org.) You will find a solid amount of documents and reports about development in Algeria in their database.

UNESCO-search - (UN-org.) Their database contains loads of document related to education, science and culture and related items in Algeria.

WHO-search - (UN-org.) You'll find quit a few documents and reports about health issues in Algeria and the region doing a search in their database.

WTO-search - In the database of the World Trade Organization you'll find quit a few country-specific documents about trade, subsidies, development, etc. in Algeria. Write "Algeria" in the "Document Title" bar.

WoYaa! is a search engine in French and English with links to quite a few sites in French-speaking Africa. Not updated since 1998 (?) and many bad connections.

Yahoo-search - Yahoo helps you find websites related to Algeria, although you'll have no idea what you'll find clicking their links...


 

Newspapers & Press

Here, you'll find links to Algerian and non-Algerian newspapers and news agencies regularly writing about Algeria, international press in general and other facilitators of news about Algeria.

 

The Press in Algeria

Algeria Interface is a journal, in French and English, with national and international news. Regularly updated and good coverage on policy.

Algeria Press is a good media with an independent point of view and some interesting features about all themes, but is not regularly updated. English.

El Khabar is one of the most important newspaper, which has a website regularly updated. Arab.

El Moudjahid offers not updated news, but always national news and with a revolutionary point of view. French.

El Watan is a daily newspaper that offers a website with its daily updated articles and features. Only in French. Good and professional coverage on national news and good selection on the international area. 

Horizon offers a good service with daily news from Algeria. You can read some large features here and consult its archives. French.

La Tribune is a daily newspaper with some articles in the web. Almost daily updated. Good national coverage and a short summary of the international news.

Le Jeune Indépendant offers daily news with a special interesting in the social actuality. Independent point of view. Large features. French. 

Liberte is a Algerian newspaper with a sometimes updated version on the web. Here you'll find some feature with the most important national events. French.

 

 

 

Press reporting about Algeria

Africa Confidential is a bisemanal journal on Africa. They let you enter their database on Algeria of past headlines, which has some basic facts and news about Algeria.

Algeria Daily is powered by WorldNews.com. This news site brings you daily news about Algeria, provided by the world's leading newspapers and press agencies. It's not really a newspaper itself, more a very efficient search engine, giving you headlines made all over the world. In English.

AllAfrica (former AfricaNews) is a commercial network handling the distribution of reporting from more than 40 African news organizations and provides daily news from the African continent. You can also go directly to their Algeria page, listing the latest news stories. 

NewAfrica, Algeria offers interesting information about Algerian infrastructures, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc.

One World News Service is an international news service with a special page for Algeria. In English, but not too regularly updated.

PANA (PanAfrican News Agency) has an expanding pool of correspondents continent wide and partnerships with 48 national news agencies and the largest news-gathering operation in Africa. No country pages, but daily updated news from all over Africa.

Weather.com  has a page about the weather in Algeria, with special pages about the weather in Algiers, Amsel, Bejaia, I-n-Salah, Mostaganem, Oran, Tahifet, Tamanrasset, Tenes and Tindouf

International press

Le Monde, the leading French newspaper, has an ample international coverage (all in French). You can also go directly to their Africa page.

The Africa and Middle East site of the BBC World Services offers updated news, articles and other media services on Africa.

The Financial Times is one of the world's leading business newspapers with a global outlook. You can also go directly to their Middle East and Africa page.

The Independent is an excellent British newspaper with a wide international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page, where the latest articles about the continent are listed.

The International Herald Tribune is a daily newspaper edited in Paris with a focus on news from all over the world. Published with The New York Times & The Washington Post. 

The New York Times is one of the most important US newspapers, having a relatively good international coverage, including an Africa page. Most international articles, however, are by AP or Reuters.

The Washington Post is a prestigious US newspaper with an ample international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page or Algeria page, were the last articles from WP are listed.

Times Internet Edition (UK) is the internet edition of the world's oldest daily newspaper. The sister paper, the Sunday Times Internet Edition has its own website. Relatively good international coverage.

News & Discussion Groups

Africa Online Algeria offers services like e-mail, chat, newsgroups. A lot of news too, and only in English.

L'Afrique sur Internet is a website in French about everything what's happening on Internet in francophone Africa. List of links, forums, etc.

NewAfrica has chats, besides offering lots of other services.


Government Offices

Ministries and National Institutions 
The Algerian Office of Promotion of External Commerce 
The Ministry of Finance 
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has a website in English, French and Arab with frequently updated information.   
The Algerian International Cooperation Agency 
The Ministry of Health and Population 
The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research 
The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research 
The General Directorate of Environment 
The Ministry of National Education 
The National Centre of Educational Documentation 
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunication 
The National Office of Tourism offers updated information in English, French and Arab. It contains a special report on the International Tourism and Travel Exhibition "SITEV'2000".

The Directorate of Handicraft 
The National Office of Meteorology 
The National Office of Statistics 
The National Archives of Algeria 
The Superior Council of Youth 
The National Economic and Social Council 
The Bank of Algeria 
The National Television Corporation 
The Court of Accounts 

Regional Institutions:
The Governorate of Great Algiers 

Embassies and Representations in Foreign Countries:
The Embassy of Algeria in Ottawa, Canada 
The Embassy of Algeria in Prague, Czech Republic 
The Embassy of Algeria in London has a website where you'll find practical data on the country, visas and tourist information. Not updated.  
The Embassy of Algeria in Seoul, Korea (Republic) 
Embassy of Algeria in Lisbon, Portugal 
The Embassy of Algeria in Washington, United States of America offers updated information on economy, commerce, news and reports...  
The Permanent Mission of Algeria to the United Nations in Geneva 
The Permanent Mission of Algeria to the United Nations in New York 


About Algerian government, see also Politics and General Information, below.


Other

Cities & Towns

Weather.com  has a page about the weather in Algeria, with special pages about the weather in Algiers, Amsel, Bejaia, I-n-Salah, Mostaganem, Oran, Tahifet, Tamanrasset, Tenes and Tindouf.

 

 

Companies

The National Television Corporation 

 

Culture

Afromix' web page to Algerian music, groups and artists, with special pages on some Algerian musicians. French and Spanish versions.

The Directorate of Handicraft 

The Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families and countries.

The National Archives of Algeria 

 

Economy

Algerian Economic Development and Indicators is an annual NewAfrica country profile on their pages about African economy. They use the IMF as their primary source, which should guarantee for their quality.

Mbendi Consultants' country profile on Algeria concentrates on economical issues. Statistics on communications and information technology, etc.

The Algerian Office of Promotion of External Commerce 
The Bank of Algeria
The Ministry of Finance 
The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research 
The National Economic and Social Council 

 

Education

The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research 

The Ministry of National Education 

The National Centre of Educational Documentation 

 

 

Environment/Nature

Ferti World is a online journal about to the fertilizer industry from around the world. Here you'll find some news (but not updated), special reports, a job center, chat room, message board and other links. 

The General Directorate of Environment 

NewAfrica-Environment offers interesting information about the environment in Africa, among other subjects, and sometimes news about the environment in Algeria. 

 

 

General Information/Read about Algeria

The U.S. government has several informative, though subjective, pages about most countries in the world, including Algeria, being regularly updated. Big resources are used to produce and maintain these pages. The CIA. annual Factbook 2000 is probably the best and most updated collection of data on the web. 
   Another informative site is the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices Released by the U.S. State Department. Yet another, the travel warnings to each country of the world, by the same department.

The Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families and countries.

The Spanish spoken website of the Basque publishing house Ikuska has pages on all African countries with relatively good statistical data and fuller information on ethnic groups.

Infoplease.com contains a page about Algeria with basic data of the country: history, geography, etc.

New-Africa-Algeria offers interesting information about Algerian infrastructure, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. 

You can order books about Algeria on amazon.com's web page.

 

 

Human Rights

The Committee to Protect Journalists has a small, but interesting rapport about the situation of the press in Algeria in 1998.

The most informative site about human rights in Algeria is the annual Country Report on Human Rights Practices Released by the U.S. State Department. Big, elaborated report about the state of human rights in Algeria.

In the annual World Press Freedom Review looks at the the state of the media in 168 countries, like Algeria, documenting press freedom violations. 1999.

 

 

 

Organisations

R.A.C.H.D.A is the "RAssemblement Contre la Hogra et pour les Droits des Algériennes", one of the principal women organizations in Algeria. It offers all its information in Spanish, French and Italian

 

Politics

The Committee to Protect Journalists has a small, but interesting rapport about the situation of the press in Algeria in 1998.

 The most informative site about human rights in Algeria is the annual Country Report on Human Rights Practices Released by the U.S. State Department. Big, elaborated report about the state of human rights in Algeria.

Elections in Algeria is a document realized by the website Elections around the world. 

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has country pages for most African countries, describing the refugee situation. Page contains annually updated texts and statistics about refugees living in the country and internally displaced. Go directly to their Algeria page here.

In the annual World Press Freedom Review looks at the the state of the media in 168 countries, like Algeria, documenting press freedom violations. 1999.

Political Parties:
Harakat Moudjtamaa Silm (HMS) 
Front des Forces Socialistes (FFS) [Front of Socialist Forces] 
Rassemblement pour la Culture et la Démocratie (RCD) [Movement for the Culture and the Democracy] 
Front Islamique du Salud (FIS) [Islamic Front for Salvation] 
Mouvement Démocratique et Social (MDS) [Democratic and Social Movement] 

 

 

Resource Pages/Links

AdmiNet's Algeria Page offers an ample, well organized list of links.

Africa dot com's Algeria page with a general presentation, basic data and general travel information.

The Spanish spoken website of the Basque publishing house Ikuska has pages on all African countries with relatively good statistical data and links to some Spanish spoken sites.

In Afrique francophone, only in French, you'll find links to some sites in francophone countries and francophone Africa in general. 

The Index on Africa' Algeria page includes various links. The index is created by The Norwegian Council for Africa, with the aim to strengthen the knowledge of Africa and African affairs. Their main page also has news and there are links to all countries on the continent.

L'Afrique sur Internet is the website in French about everything what's happening on Internet in francophone Africa. List of links, forums, etc.

WoYaa! is a search engine in French and English with links to some site in French-speaking Africa. Not updated since 1998 and many bad connections.

 

 

Sports

The Finnish Athletics Homepage has an updated list of the National Records of Algerian male and female athletes. In English.

 

 

Telecom/Internet Services

Network Startup Resource Center Algeria contains information about telecommunications, internet services and networking in Algeria.

 

 

Travel

Africaguide.com is a website with complete travel information on 51 African countries. In its pages about Algeria you'll find data about region and towns, accommodation, tours and more.

Atevo travel destinations offers practical data about Algeria, besides some travel guides. 

Excite Travel has a site-page on Algeria with some useful information and maps.

The INFOHUB travel guide to Algeria has useful travel information, including links on accommodation and transportation.

Lonely Planet, the famous publisher of budget travel guides, has pages on each African country. On their Algeria Page you'll find country background information and facts (overviews) for the traveler (money & costs, when to go, attractions, activities, getting there, getting around, etc.), if there's not a travel warning. Detailed facts only in the guide books.

The National Office of Tourism of Algeria offers updated information in English, French and Arab. It contains a special report on the International Tourism and Travel Exhibition "SITEV'2000".

The U.S. State Department files travel information and warnings for all countries, world wide. Their annually updated pages contain a short description of the country and useful information about safety, crime rate, health services and insurance. Aimed at U.S. citizens, but useful for anybody. Go directly to their Algeria Page.

World Online Travel Agency for airlines, hotels, car hires, adventures in Africa has a page on South Africa. You won't find too much information, but they have detailed maps of the country.

World Travel Guide's entry to Algeria: This is a good, informative and well organised site. Lists all kind of practical information (passport, visa, etc.) and has an introduction to Algerian tourist sites. Guides exist to all countries. You might want to go to their Africa Page. Also a German entry. Recommended.

 


Women & Gender 

R.A.C.H.D.A is the "RAssemblement Contre la Hogra et pour les Droits des Algériennes", one of the principal women organizations in Algeria. It offers all its information in Spanish, French and Italian


Personal Home Pages - Algerians

 

 


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