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SA and Algeria to increase trade

SA and Algeria to increase trade

07 May 2013 09:05 - Sapa
South Africa and Algeria have agreed to speed up the formation of the Joint Trade and Investment Committee, says the department of trade and industry.
Japan to donate $120-million to 'stabilise' Mali

Japan to donate $120-million to 'stabilise' Mali

29 Jan 2013 12:28 - AFP
Japan has said it would give $120-million in aid to the troubled Sahel region after ten Japanese nationals were killed in an Algerian hostage crisis.
Algerian hostage toll rises as nine Japanese killed

Algerian hostage toll rises as nine Japanese killed

21 Jan 2013 15:57 - Guardian Reporter
The death toll from a four-day siege at an Algerian gas plant has risen to at least 81, with nine Japanese nationals reported to have been killed.
Hostage toll to rise after Algeria ends desert siege

Hostage toll to rise after Algeria ends desert siege

20 Jan 2013 12:46 - Reuters
Algeria warned the toll from a siege at a gas plant would rise, after its troops staged an assault which killed all the remaining Islamist gunmen.
Algeria ends desert siege with 23 hostages dead

Algeria ends desert siege with 23 hostages dead

20 Jan 2013 06:15 - Reuters
Algerian troops ended a siege at a gas plant in the Sahara where 23 hostages died, with a final assault which killed all the remaining hostage-takers.
International hostage crisis ends in bloodshed in Algeria

International hostage crisis ends in bloodshed in Algeria

19 Jan 2013 19:32 - Lotfi Mokdad
Islamists have killed all seven of their remaining foreign captives before they were gunned down at a gas plant in the Algerian desert.
France battles Mali extremists as hostage crisis unfolds

France battles Mali extremists as hostage crisis unfolds

17 Jan 2013 12:50 - Sapa-AFP
Al-Qaeda-linked fighters have killed two people in Algeria, taking more than 40 foreign hostages, while French troops battled Islamist rebels in Mali.
Militants take US hostages in Algeria

Militants take US hostages in Algeria

16 Jan 2013 20:50 - Sapa-AFP
The US has confirmed that American citizens are among hostages being held in Algeria after an attack by Islamist militants near a southern gas field.
French president acknowledges "unjust" Algerian colonisation

French president acknowledges "unjust" Algerian colonisation

20 Dec 2012 13:44 - Sapa-AFP
President Francois Hollande has acknowledged that French colonisation of Algeria was "brutal", but stopped short of apologising for it.
French president refuses to apologise for colonial Algerian past

French president refuses to apologise for colonial Algerian past

19 Dec 2012 20:08 - John Irish, Julien Ponthus,
Francois Hollande refused to 'repent' for France's colonial past in Algeria, saying instead that he wanted to boost trade with the oil-rich country.
Algeria celebrates 50 years of independence

Algeria celebrates 50 years of independence

05 Jul 2012 19:16 - Sapa-DPA
Algeria's Abdelaziz Bouteflika has led celebrations marking its independence with a tribute to the those who died fighting 132 years of French rule.
Diplomats kidnapped in Mali as chaos continues

Diplomats kidnapped in Mali as chaos continues

06 Apr 2012 07:02 - Staff Reporter
Islamists have stormed the Algerian embassy in Mali and abducted seven diplomats amid fears that fighters are turning the country into a rogue state.
Parallel economy and tax evasion costs Algeria billions

Parallel economy and tax evasion costs Algeria billions

14 Mar 2012 09:20 - Amal Belalloufi
Experts have reported that Algeria's economic growth is being stunted, partly by businesses' reliance on the black market.

US to assist in rebuilding Tunisian economy

25 Feb 2012 13:39 - Edouard Guihaire
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has pledged that Washington would help Tunisia rebuild its economy and democracy as it struggles with reforms.

EU ponders debt relief as a 'signal of change' for Arab states

23 Feb 2012 16:20 - Roddy Thomson
European governments have planned a radical offer of "debt relief" to its Arab North African and Middle Eastern neighbours.

The winds of change blow in Algeria

15 Feb 2012 18:56 - Staff Reporter
When Moncef Marzouki, a dissident transformed into Tunisia's president, paid a visit to Algeria, Tunisian flags flew from lamp posts in his honour.
Colour me disillusioned: Algerian artist paints his generation

Colour me disillusioned: Algerian artist paints his generation

13 Feb 2012 12:31 - Beatrice Khadige
Algerian artist Aghiles Issiakhem's charcoal portraits of his 20-something peers shows they feel there's little to be upbeat about.
Algerian war still divides French after 50 years

Algerian war still divides French after 50 years

06 Feb 2012 13:48 - Myriam Chaplain-Riou
After 50 years, France remains divided over the Algerian war, a conflict which ended 132 years of colonial rule and almost tore French society apart.

Algerian Islamist leader warns govt to keep polls above board

31 Jan 2012 18:00 - Staff Reporter
An Islamist opposition party leader says Algeria's government will ignite unrest if it tries to rig elections in May to keep its grip on power.

Ten injured as Algerian cops quell bus queue riot

11 Jan 2012 08:41 - Staff Reporter
Police fired tear gas on protesters angry over unemployment and housing shortages in a southern Algerian gas town, injuring ten.

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