Algeria begins work on Trans-Saharan gas pipeline to Europe Algerian state-owned energy giant Sonatrach will build a section of the pipeline and connect it to an existing system in the southwestern Aoulef region that supplies Europe. Algeria
After year away, France returns ambassador to Algeria: What to know France and Algeria have made efforts to improve ties recently, with the strain resulting from disagreements over Western Sahara and their shared colonial past. Algeria
Analysis MENA wheat importers face food security risks as Hormuz crisis festers Home to many of the world's largest wheat importers, the Middle East and North Africa face acute food security risks as the US-Israel-Iran war disrupts global fertilizer flows and pushes up prices. By Samuel Wendel In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech
IMF slashes Mideast outlook by nearly 3 points as Iran war hits economies The International Monetary Fund cut gross domestic product forecasts for the Middle East and North Africa, with the fallout from the conflict exposing stark divergences between the region’s energy exporters and importers. Iran
Analysis Italy, Spain eye Algerian gas as Iran war slashes Gulf supplies By Samuel Wendel In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech
Analysis Libya, Morocco and Israel: Forces powering the Algeria-UAE rupture By Rosaleen Carroll In Washington, DC, US, reporting on the Middle East
Analysis Why Algeria's nixing of UAE air deal is more diplomatic than economic By Jack Dutton In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech
Algeria bets on Stellantis plant to relaunch country's automotive sector Algeria's car production has taken a huge hit in recent years. Here's what it will take to get the automotive industry back on track. Francisco Serrano In Lisbon, reporting on North Africa business
Analysis Why is trade between Algeria and Spain still at a standstill? Since last June, the two countries have severed business and trade relations over Spain's support of Morocco's claim to the contested Western Sahara. By Jack Dutton In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech
Sonatrach announces six new oil discoveries in Algeria The state-owned oil company made several discoveries in the first quarter of this year. Algeria
Algeria disbands migrant smuggling network to Europe, arrests nine Syrians The arrest of the network coincided with a migrant boat capsizing off the coast of Tunisia, killing five people. North Africa
OPEC+ likely to maintain oil output at meeting, in gesture to US While the OPEC+ group is expected to maintain oil production at its virtual meeting set for Feb. 1, global demand for oil is estimated to reach a record high in 2023. Legacy: Gulf
Algeria-Italy energy ties strengthen with emission reduction deal Italy’s Eni and Algeria’s Sonatrach pledged to work together on carbon capture, green hydrogen and more during Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s official visit to Algeria. The North African country is exporting more gas to Europe in response to the Ukraine war. North Africa
Turkey eyes risky energy partnership with Algeria Turkey’s plan for joint oil and gas exploration with Algeria raises the specter of operational and financial challenges for a country already under economic strain, experts say. Turkey
Water stress to remain major driver of social instability, barrier to economic growth in Maghreb Francisco Serrano In Lisbon, reporting on North Africa business
Inflation in Maghreb will continue to undercut real wages and feed social discontent Francisco Serrano In Lisbon, reporting on North Africa business
On visit to Algeria, France’s Macron advances post-colonial reconciliation The presidents of France and Algeria signed Aug. 27 a pact for a new partnership between the two countries, announcing the setting up of a joint historian commission to explore the colonial period, alleged French crimes and the bloody eight-year independence war. Algeria
Explainer: Algeria-Spain gas controversy The disagreement relates to both countries' troubled history with Morocco over the Western Sahara territory. Morocco
