ALGERIA/SPAIN: A leaders' summit between President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez remains scheduled for late October despite speculation in Madrid that it could be cancelled...

Such is Trump's weight that rival Algeria accepted discreet talks in early 2026 led by presidential Africa envoy Massad Boulos who visited Algiers in January to meet President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf...

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune went further pledging that Algeria would defend Tunisia against any terrorist attack...

Algeria enters the new year with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's government boasting of a revived hydrocarbons sector and a more diversified non-oil economy...

El Hirak (The Movement) whose actions in 2019 removed ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika – to be replaced by the more populist Abdelmadjid Tebboune by le pouvoir (the ‘Powers-that-be') – remains cowed...

It is close to concluding agreements with US majors Exxon Mobil Corp and Chevron Corp to tap its gas reserves after President Abdelmadjid Tebboune received delegations from the companies in June...

In addition to President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's government in Algiers BGR has previously represented Saudi Arabia scrapping the contract shortly after the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018...

Such authoritarian tendencies in the region risk becoming further entrenched after elections in autumn 2024 delivered hefty yet disputed victories for Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed...