After several friendly speeches and exchange visits between Algerian and French officials Paris was preparing to welcome President Abdelmadjid Tebboune for a state visit in May...

As Lavrov's next Africa tour will focus on North Africa he will devote much effort to secure Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi's attendance and is also likely to get Tunisia's President Kaïs Saïed and Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to sign up...

High levels of oil and gas revenues meant Algeria ended 2023 with good economic results on paper as foreign reserves rebuilt to over US$60 billion and enough money entered the state-dominated system for President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's government to buy off inflationary trouble with big subsidies and price controls...

The MBS dinner may point to another key issue in Algiers visit: the Saudi Crown Prince had been expected to fly to Algiers from France but that visit was cancelled at the last moment even as President Abdelmajid Tebboune prepared to meet the monarch...

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune held an 18 April call with President Vladimir Putin to celebrate 60 years of diplomatic relations and 'express their satisfaction with the progress registered by their bilateral cooperation in every sector...