Algeria

ALGIERS, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said Sunday that Algiers and Tunis have "convergent views" on international and regional issues, including the Libyan crisis, the official APS news agency reported.

The president made the remarks during a joint press conference with his visiting Tunisian counterpart Kais Saied.

Tebboune also pledged that his country would deposit 150 million U.S. dollars in Tunisian bank as a loan, in a bid to boost the economy of the neighboring nation.

31 Jan 2020; MEMO: The Algerian foreign ministry has issued a statement affirming its commitment to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.

The ministry has reiterated Algeria’s “strong and permanent support for the Palestinian cause and the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people to establish an independent and sovereign Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.”

ALGIERS, Jan 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum said Algiers and Rome share convergent views over the necessity to reach a cease-fire in war-ridden Libya.

Coordination between Algeria and Italy on Libya is “very good,” Boukadoum told a joint press conference attended by his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio in Algiers, APS news agency reported.

He said that “a political solution is the most appropriate to Libya.”

09 Jan 2019; MEMO: Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune yesterday setup a panel of experts to amend the constitution giving more powers to the parliament and consolidating the judiciary’s independence.

The Algerian presidency announced in a statement that Tebboune received Ahmed Laraba, a member of the United Nations International Law Commission, and appointed him chair of the 17-member panel of experts tasked with preparing proposals on amending the constitution.

ALGIERS, Jan 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Monday evening arrived in Algeria for a two-day visit to mainly discuss the developments in Libya, official Algeria Press Service (APS) reported.

The Turkish foreign minister was welcomed by his Algerian counterpart Sabri Boukadoum at the airport, APS said.

ALGIERS, Jan 6 (NNN-APS) – Algerian President, Abdelmaguid Tebboune, pledged to review the half-century long governance system, in the North African nation, as part of his efforts to build a new republic claimed by Algerians.

Tebboune noted that his programme gives paramount priority to “politic, institutional, socioeconomic, as well as, cultural sectors, all of which are aimed at building a new republic, responding to the aspirations of our people,” the report said.

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria held an elaborate military funeral Wednesday for the general who was the gas-rich country’s de facto ruler amid political turmoil throughout this year.

Big crowds packed the route of the funeral cortege Wednesday to pay homage to Gen. Ahmed Gaid Salah, chief of the armed forces. Some people ran alongside flower-draped military vehicles, shouting in grief. Others saluted his coffin, draped in the Algerian flag, or kissed his portrait.

24 Dec 2019; MEMO: Algeria’s powerful army chief, who masterminded the state’s response to mass protests this year, died suddenly of a heart attack on Monday, and a likely successor quickly emerged from the same old guard the demonstrators want to be swept away.

ALGIERS, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- Experts believe that the newly-elected Algerian president is facing complex political and economic challenges.

Former Prime Minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune was recently elected Algerian president, following months of public protests that ousted former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika in April.

"In light of the continuing public protests, the new president will certainly try to call up the opposition for dialogue," said Noureddine Bekkis, professor of political sociology with the University of Algiers.

15 Dec 2019; MEMO: Algerian security forces have carried out a massive detention campaign on Friday, against protesters rejecting the presidential elections. Protesters chanted slogans against the new president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, a former loyalist of ousted leader, Abdelaziz Bouteflika.