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Algeria

Algeria is a country in North Africa bordered by Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Mali, Mauritania, Western Sahara, Morocco and the Mediterranean Sea. The capital is Algiers, a major port city on the Mediterranean coast. With a population of about 45-million and a land area exceeding 2.3-million square kilometres, Algeria is the largest country in Africa by area and the tenth largest in the world. The economy is dominated by hydrocarbons, with oil and gas exports accounting for the majority of government revenue and foreign exchange earnings. The currency is the Algerian dinar. Algeria is a republic with a presidential system of government and is a member of the African Union, the Arab League and the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. The country has significant natural gas reserves and is a key supplier to Europe via undersea pipelines. Other sectors include agriculture, mining and a growing services industry, though economic diversification remains a policy priority. Algeria gained independence from France in 1962 after a protracted war of liberation, and the legacy of that conflict continues to shape its political and economic relationships, particularly with France and the European Union.

Algeria Updates


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Desalination plants, Algeria
29th May 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

Algerian State-owned oil company SONATRACH Group is working on a project that will see the construction of six large water desalination plants. 


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Tala Hamza zinc/lead project, Algeria
29th May 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

A revised two-million-tonne-a-year mining study has been completed on the proposed project. 


Factories drive Africa’s billionaires
22nd May 2026 By: Martin Zhuwakinyu

We in South Africa have long comforted ourselves with the assumption that, whatever the continent’s turbulence, our economy is Africa’s biggest, anchored by deep capital markets, globally... 


Sermon against executive excesses
1st May 2026 By: Martin Zhuwakinyu

On the second leg of a ten-day, four-nation African tour last month, Pope Leo XIV stood before Cameroon’s 93-year-old President Paul Biya in Yaoundé and did what many citizens would think twice... 


African governments need to prioritise aviation, says IATA
29th April 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

Aviation was a strategic enabler for African social and economic development, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has highlighted, at its Focus Africa Conference, in Addis Ababa,... 


Africa analyst Christopher Edyegu
Shifting diplomatic dynamics in Africa
24th April 2026

Africa analyst Chris Edyegu argues that Kenya’s rising prominence and France’s strategic recalibration in Africa signal a broader reordering of geopolitical partnerships, with far-reaching... 


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