Politics
Algeria opens up on terrorism attacks
afrol News, 16 May - Algeria's Minister of Interior and Local Communities has confirmed 375 abduction cases in 2007. Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni told the Algiers parliament that 115 cases had been related to terrorism while the remaining 260 were related to family disputes.
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Economy - Development
Algeria to export power through Morocco
afrol News, 12 May - Algeria's state-owned gas and electricity company, Sonelgaz, has confirmed its plan to export electricity to Spain through the territory of the national archrival, Morocco. Morocco's power grid would thus be connected to Algeria.
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Politics | Society | Human rights
Algiers refuses UN blast probe
afrol News, 16 January - Algerian Prime Minister, Abdelaziz Belkhadem, has expressed his government's fury over the United Nations' decision to probe the 11 December bombing that killed 41 people, including 17 UN staff without consulting them. As a result, Algiers does not welcome UN investigators. Read more
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Politics | Society | Human rights
Algerian right activist jailed
afrol News, 29 October - An instrumental Algerian activists, who heads Relizane de la Ligue algérienne pour la défense des droits de l'Homme (LADDH), was on Friday convicted and sentenced to two months in prison after he was found guilty of libel. Read more
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Society | Politics
Suicide strike kills 9 in Algeria
afrol News, 11 July - A suicide attack in Algeria on Wednesday morning has killed at least 9 people dead and 15 others seriously injured. The explosion is the second of its kind this year, the first taking place in April when suicide strikes killed over 30 people as well as cause destruction to property in the capital Algiers. Read more
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Society | Politics
Algeria bomb death toll increases
afrol News, 12 April - Algerian authorities have confirmed that the dead toll of the Wednesday’s bomb blasts has risen to 33. With al-Qaeda’s purported claims of being responsible for the catastrophe, most Algerians have since been running cold with fears, especially at a time the terrorist network is said to be quickly spreading its tentacles in the North Africa region. Read more
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Politics
Terrorism alerts in Algeria, Morocco
afrol News, 11 April - The Maghreb has been shaken by several Islamist terrorist attacks yesterday and today, which killed at least 28 people. Analysts fear that terrorism may be on the rise in the Maghreb region at large while the world has concentrated too much on securing Western targets against Islamists in Europe and the US.
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Politics | Economy - Development
Algeria keen on establishing "Gas OPEC"
afrol News, 27 March - Algeria, together with Russia, seriously has started looking into the prospects of establishing a cartel of the world's major producers of natural gas, a parallel to the oil cartel OPEC. Main gas producing nations are to meet in the Qatari capital, Doha, on 9 April to discuss the idea.
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Economy - Development | Politics
Algeria bomb attack scares foreign investors
afrol News, 11 December - An Algiers bomb attack against oil workers that killed an Algerian driver and wounded nine people, including several Western citizens, has raised fears that Algeria's trend towards peace and stability may end. As the US Embassy in Algeria today advises Americans to review their personal security, foreign oil companies already have decided to invest into protection against terrorist attacks.
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Politics
Germany deepens ties with Maghreb
afrol News, 16 November - During a current North African roundtrip, German Foreign Minister Frank Steinmeier is aiming at deepening and broadening ties with Maghreb countries before Germany's presidency of the European Union (EU) in the first half of 2007. Mr Steinmeier is touring Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco and Mauritania.
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Travel - Leisure | Economy - Development | Politics
Algeria desert tourism finally recovering
afrol News, 31 October - Before violence broke out in Algeria in 1992, the country's vast southern desert region was developing into a major tourist destination. After years of tourism drought in the breathtaking Tassili and Hoggar mountain ranges, local tour operators report of a new boom in arrivals. National statistics prove they are right.
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Politics
Algerian Islamist group "joins al Qaeda"
afrol News, 14 September - Al Qaeda deputy leader Ayman al Zawahiri in a video announcement claims that the Algerian Islamist group GSPC, known for operating in large parts of the Sahel, has joined the terrorist network. The group works to overthrow the government of Algeria and to establish Islamic states in the Sahel. It has been engaged in fighting in Algeria, Mali, Niger and Chad and also operates in Mauritania.
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