The official Qatar News Agency says the gas-rich Gulf nation has agreed to build a steel plant in Algeria, extending its business ties to North Africa.
A deal signed Saturday calls for a plant in the eastern coastal city of Jijel with the capacity (...)
ALGIERS, Algeria ― Polls have opened in Algeria for parliamentary elections being billed as the fairest in 20 years and featuring 500 international observers.
There are 44 political parties competing for 462 seats across this vast oil-rich North (...)
ALGIERS, Algeria — In the gritty, working-class Algiers suburb of Harrache, activists sporting the green baseball caps of the Islamist "Green" alliance hand out election leaflets outside their party headquarters, urging people to vote.
A middle-aged (...)
Algiers--At least four Algerians have set themselves on fire in the past five days, several newspapers reported on Monday, echoing the suicide that triggered the unrest that brought down the leader of neighboring Tunisia.
Algeria has seen violent (...)
Algeria's government said it would slash the cost of some staple foods on Saturday to try to quell four days of rioting, triggered by price rises, which killed two people and wounded several hundred.
Government ministers met to discuss how to (...)
Algiers--The Algerian government was due to hold a special meeting on Saturday to consider steps to reduce soaring food prices, in an effort to quell violent protests which have broken out across the country.
Algerians have taken to the streets (...)
ALGIERS - The Algerian government was due to hold a special meeting on Saturday to consider steps to reduce soaring food prices, in an effort to quell violent protests which have broken out across the country.
Algerians have taken to the streets (...)
Morocco pavilion attracts tourists
he construction of the Putrajaya New Millennium Monument and the Morocco Pavilion at the Botanical Garden, also in Putrajaya, is relevant and succeeded in attracting tourists, said the Federal Territory and (...)
Egypt's top steel producer Ezz Steel said on Wednesday Egyptian demand for reinforcing steel bars would grow to 7.4 million tons in 2010 from 7.2 million last year, fuelled by the need for housing.
Marketing Director George Matta also said a (...)
Morocco consoles Libya over plane crash
King Mohammed IV of Morocco has offered his ‘deep condolences' to the Libyan leader, Mouamar Kadhafi, over the crash of the Afriqiyah Airways plane in Tripoli Wednesday, killing 103 of the 104 people on (...)
