Algeria enters the new year with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's government boasting of a revived hydrocarbons sector and a more diversified non-oil economy...
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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...
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6% vote share President Abdelmajid Tebboune has contracted a new K-Street lobbying firm to do his government's bidding in the United States (Dispatches 10/9/24 Military-backed Tebboune gets a Stalin-esque landslide)...
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Faced with the option of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and two weak candidates designed to fluff up the president's majority most Algerians stayed at home rather than vote in elections on 7 September...
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Oil and gas deals security cooperation could all get caught up in a diplomatic fight As President Abdelmadjid Tebboune unveils a populist campaign to maximise his re-election on 7 September Algiers will broadcast its views on the French government's ‘unexpected inopportune and counterproductive decision' (AC Vol 65 No 1 Tebboune prepares to see off challengers)...
A public critic of the junta Dicko was warmly received by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's government which had been angered by Goïta's abandoning of the 2015 peace accord with Tuareg former separatists (AC Vol 64 No 4 Restive Tuareg ramp up tension)...
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune had a positive result from his late predecessor's mixed legacy when he marked the run-up to the holy month of Ramadan by inaugurating the new Algiers Grand Mosque on 25 February...