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Can Algerian Investment Keep Track With Gas Demand?
Algeria has secured much-needed foreign investment to its maturing gas acreage, but the clock is still ticking on its future as a key oil and gas exporter. Unless it can boost its gas production significantly over the next 10 years, the risk of an...

UN council authorizes continuing vigilance of attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Red Sea shipping
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday authorized continued reporting on attacks on ships in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who have defied its previous demands to immediately halt all such attacks. The vote in the...

UN Council approves ongoing surveillance of Houthi threats to Red Sea shipping
United Nations: The UN Security Council Tuesday authorised continued reporting on attacks on ships in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who have defied its previous demands to immediately halt all such attacks. The vote in the 15-member...

Where Will Pope Leo Go First? Clues Point to Algeria, Turkey — and the US
ANALYSIS: Given Pope Leo’s relative youth, the possibilities for travel abound. On July 11, Pope Leo XIV appointed Father Michel Guillaud as bishop of the Diocese of Constantine in Algeria. The appointment drew little attention, in part because...

Experts Advocate $100bn Annual Investments In African Energy Infrastructure
1 LAGOS – Energy experts and government functionaries have highlighted gas as the bridge between energy access and renewable transition, the need for $100 billion annual investments in African energy infrastructure, and the Media’s critical role...

US threatens steep tariffs on 8 more countries, prompting criticism from Brazil
Shipping containers are stacked behind truck flatbeds at the Port of Long Beach, California, on April 2, 2025. Photo: VCG US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a second wave of tariff letters targeting US trading partners across Asia,...

Dubai Metro Blue Line project to disrupt some traffic, RTA warns
Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority on Tuesday warned motorists of traffic diversions in the Mirdif area as construction work is set to begin on the Dubai Metro Blue Line. The authority also advised drivers to use alternative routes where...

Trump escalates trade offensive with new tariff notices to seven nations
On July 9, President Donald Trump issued formal tariff letters to the leaders of the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Brunei, Algeria, Libya, Iraq and Moldova, expanding his trade crackdown. New duties between 20 percent and 30 percent will take effect on...

Algeria’s industrial strategy builds momentum
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Russia’s expanding role in Africa’s food security
By Kestér Kenn KLOMEGÂH As global geopolitical dynamics shift, Africa continues to recalibrate its economic partnerships, particularly with Russia. Following two high-profile Russia–Africa summits, cooperation in the area of food security emerged...

OPEC confirms Nigeria met output quota again in 2025
Nigeria’s crude oil production rose to 1.505 million barrels per day (bpd) in June 2025, reaching the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) quota for the second time this year, according to OPEC’s latest Monthly Oil Market Report...

Algeria Eyes Upstream Boom After Bid Round Success
Algeria concluded a successful licensing round last month — its first in a decade — welcoming a slate of new players ranging from Euromajors to Chinese firms to Mideast gas giant QatarEnergy. Officials in the North African Opec member were...

Why Natural Gas Is Still Thriving In A World Chasing Net Zero
CAMERON LOUISIANA - JUNE 7: A large liquified natural gas transport ship sits docked in the ... More Calcasieu River on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, near Cameron, La. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)Houston Chronicle via Getty Images...

Socialist Communes and Anti-Imperialism: The Marxist Approach
“The direct antithesis to the empire was the Commune.” –Karl Marx, The Civil War in France Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, which has gone hand in hand with ruthless assaults on the West Bank, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen, and Syria, all of it...

Algeria deepens ties with other countries
Algeria’s Minister of Foreign Trade and Export Promotion, H.E. Prof. Kamal Rezig (third right) with other leaders during the Algeria Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) 2025 Business Roadshow in Algiers. They are (from left), H.E Ms. Baleka Mbete...

Trump’s trade blitz continues with Indonesia deal, pharma tariff plans, and global warnings
President Donald Trump said the U.S. would impose a 19% tariff on goods from Indonesia under a new agreement with the Southeast Asian country and more deals were coming, while offering fresh details on planned duties on pharmaceuticals. Trump...

Algeria eyes deeper intra-African trade via gas pipeline, infrastructure links
Algeria is working to expand its share of intra-African trade by leveraging opportunities created under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Foreign Trade and Export Promotion Minister Kamal Rezig said during the Algeria Intra-African...

Algeria Deepens Trade Ties With Other African Countries As It Gears Up For Africa's Biggest Marketplace
(MENAFN- APO Group) Algeria is working towards increasing its share of trade with other African countries by tapping into opportunities created by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). In a keynote address during the Algeria...

Deputy PM holds bilateral meetings with Chinese, Australian, Algerian foreign ministers on AMM 58 sidelines
KUALA LUMPUR — Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn held separate meetings with the foreign ministers of China, Australia, and Algeria on the sidelines of the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-58) in Kuala...

Japan scrambling to exempt their auto industry from Trump’s 25% tariff
From 1 August, Japanese exports to the U.S. will be subject to a 25% tariff. That includes the country’s massive exports of cars and car parts. This is because of Japan’s “unfair” attitude towards American-manufactured cars, U.S. President Trump...