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Spotlight | Algeria
Business "party" comes out top in May 4 poll

The FLN lost 56 seats and the Islamists failed to make an impact in the May 4 parliamentary elections but one formation made unprecedented gains: the business "party"! Maghreb Confidential has carried out a census of all the new business [...]

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Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Abdelkader Taieb Ezzraimi
Abdelkrim Dennouni
Abdelmadjid Dennouni
Abdelmalek Sahraoui
Abdelmalek Sellal
Abderrahmane Benhamadi
Abderrazak Makri
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Bouteflika goes for political continuity
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Algeria
Issad Rebrab negotiates resumption of his southern agricultural projects

The Cevital boss is in the process of relaunching his agricultural projects in the south of the country. Successive governments have thrown spanners in his works since 2012. But in exchange for his quitting the political stage, Issad Rebrab has returned to the good graces of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

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Algerian businessman Issad Rebrab, CEO of Cevital group.

Algeria
Benharrats plans to open up the solar panel market to foreigners

New renewable energy minister Nassira Benharrats is considering liberalising the solar panel market. She has handed the file over to [...]

Subscribers only Energy, Business 30.01.2020

Algeria
Abdelkader Taïeb Ezzraïmi sails on a sea of food oil

SIM (Société Industrielle de la Mitidja) boss and Blida RND deputy Abdelkader Taïeb Ezzraïmi, looks set to sail through the [...]

Subscribers only Business 12.12.2019

Algeria
Business "party" to vote for Azzedine Mihoubi

The FLN's virtually assured backing for Azzedine Mihoubi in the December 12 presidential elections will seal the alliance between the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.12.2019

Algeria
The Dennouni clan expands its agri-food business

The family of Abdelmadjid Dennouni, FLN deputy for Tlemcen, is [...]

Subscribers only Business 31.10.2019

Spotlight | Algeria
Ahmed Gaid Salah plays his last cards against the hirak

"Forward march and goose step!" In effect, that is the order given by army chief of staff Ahmed Gaid Salah to the Bensalah government. It has the job of organising a presidential election before the end of 2019 and thus [.

Subscribers only Politics 12.09.2019

Algeria
The Benhamadis opt for a minimalist hand-over at Condor

Condor Electronics, which has been shaken by the imprisonment of its chairman, Abderrahmane Benhamadi, on August 7, has reorganised its [...]

Subscribers only Business 05.09.2019

Algeria
Deputy Smail Benhamadi joins Condor Electronics

The death of Condor Electronics founder Mohamed Tahar Benhamadi has enabled his son, the deputy Smail Benhamadi, to come into [...]

Subscribers only Business 11.07.2019

Algeria
Deputy Farida Benazi goes into used tyre reconditioning

Farida Benazi, RND deputy for the wilaya of M'Sila in [...]

Subscribers only Business 20.06.2019

Algeria
Islamist groups follow separate paths

Will the demonstrations currently sweeping through Algeria against Abdelaziz Bouteflika plans to run for a fifth term work to the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 07.03.2019

Spotlight | Algeria
Bouteflika puts on velvet gloves to secure 5th term

Confronted with the biggest popular protest movement for two decades, the Bouteflika clan has bent but not broken. While the rais, who is physically frail, has been in Geneva since February 24 for "periodical medical examinations", his entourage has adopted [.

Subscribers only Politics 28.02.2019

Algeria
Deputy Baha Eddine Tliba returns to business matters

Baha Eddine Tliba, who has been sidelined politically since he lost the vice-presidency of the National Popular Assembly (APN) in [...]

Subscribers only Business 17.01.2019

Algeria
Bouteflika too ill to run, clan preps plan B

A proposal to postpone the presidential elections due in April 2019, which has been talked about by leading figures in [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.12.2018

Algeria
Abdenour Souakri to mill flour in the desert with the Baadji brothers

Construction materials specialist Abdenour Souakri, who has been a leading figure in the cement industry since he went into partnership [...]

Subscribers only Business 13.12.2018

Algeria
Benhamadi clan joins the chase for agricultural land

The Benhamadi clan, which owns the Condor Electronics group and is partnering PSA Peugeot Citroen in its future Oran production [...]

Subscribers only Business 01.11.2018

Algeria
The Benhamadis plan to put a battery under their bonnet

The partnership formed between household electrical goods group Condor and French automobile group Peugeot-PSA-Citroen for the construction of an automobile [...]

Free access Business 18.10.2018

Algeria
Moussa Benhamadi puts on his Riken tyres

Former telecommunications minister Moussa Benhamadi, who was until recently head [...]

Subscribers only Business 06.09.2018

Algeria
Tifra Lait still wants to turn Adrar green

Mohamed Medjkane, head of the Tifra Lait dairy company in Tizi Ouzou, is hoping he will shortly be granted a [...]

Subscribers only Business 07.06.2018

Algeria
Senator Belouafi plans to bottle Saharan water

Elkaiem Belouafi, who has represented the wilaya of Tamanrasset at [...]

Subscribers only Business 03.05.2018

Algeria
Deputy El Hamel extends his agricultural empire in Adrar

Adrar deputy Ali El Hamel believes in the agricultural potential of his wilaya! As agriculture minister Abdelkader Bouazghi looks to [...]

Subscribers only Business 29.03.2018

Spotlight | Algeria
Cofco and Al Ghurair go after the cereals market

Red alert among the world leading cereals trading groups! The Algerian Interprofessional Office for Cereals (OAIC) is to revise its list of accredited suppliers in the next few months. At stake is a $2 billion market dominated - for the [.

Subscribers only Business 15.02.2018

Algeria
Benchicou probes the Bouteflika mystery

Former Le Matin journalist and long-standing adversary of President Abdelaziz [...]

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Algeria
Mohand Barache drums up support for "Said"

The Said Bouteflika support groups, which have been springing up [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.11.2017

Tunisia
Condor director Amir Benhamadi goes into consulting

Amir Benhamadi, a close relative of Abderrahmane Benhamadi, head of [...]

Subscribers only Business 21.09.2017

Algeria
Abdelmadjid Tebboune will draw on business experience

New prime minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune will be able to draw on his past experience when he tackles the explosive questions [...]

Subscribers only Business 01.06.2017

Algeria
Chakib Khelil's nephew gets a seat

The parliamentary elections on May 4 did not only enable numerous businessmen to become deputies (see our editorial). They also [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.05.2017

Spotlight | Algeria
Businessmen to seek election in record numbers

Although FLN leader Djamel Ould Abbes is having trouble drawing up his lists for the May 4 parliamentary elections, the presidential party’s business clan is already assured of victory. At least three leading business figures are looking to swell the [.

Subscribers only Politics 30.03.2017

Algeria
Taieb Ezzraimi targets Mauritanian couscous market

Algerian agri-food magnate, SIM group head Abdelkader Taieb Ezzraimi is [...]

Subscribers only Business 16.02.2017

Spotlight | Algeria
Bouteflika clan sees plotters everywhere

Seven months after having overthrown DRS intelligence and security service head Mohamed "Toufik" Médiène, the clan around President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is continuing to conduct a relentless hunt for real or supposed allies of the former master spy.

Subscribers only Politics 21.04.2016

Spotlight | Algeria
Saâdani pays for his losing bet on Gaïd Salah

FLN secretary general Amar Saâdani is striving to win back the favours of Abdelaziz Bouteflika. But the Algerian president’s brother, Saïd Bouteflika, is still determined to have the scalp of the man he suspects is a supporter of army head [.

Subscribers only Politics 17.03.2016

Spotlight | Algeria
Bouteflika prepares to become president for life

Abdelaziz Bouteflika was in conquering mode in his message to Algerians in commemoration of November 1 1954. The major political projects he announced or re-announced should allow him to look forward to the end of his mandate with serenity… and [.

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Spotlight | Algeria
Bouteflika's men rally against Ouyahia

In the shadow of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's Zeralda residence, manoeuvres are underway to prepare the ground for Algeria after the ageing leader's day. The big loser could be Ahmed Ouyahia, whose return to politics will be resisted by the rest [.

Subscribers only Politics 18.06.2015

Spotlight | Algeria
Bouteflika moves to contain a shale gas revolt

Unprecedented protests in the far south of Algeria have combined with the virtual collapse of crude oil prices to prompt the Bouteflika clan to bypass the government and manage the country's affairs directly. And this even though the aging president [.

Subscribers only Politics 22.01.2015

Spotlight | Algeria
Why Bouteflika's campaign is struggling

With just a week to go before Algeria’s presidential ballot on April 17, the campaign led by Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s fan club seems just as exhausted as the president himself. The leader poor health can’t be entirely blamed for that because [.

Subscribers only Politics 10.04.2014

Spotlight | Algeria
Bouteflika’s new ballot: a play in 3 acts

Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s camp has hatched a neat scenario to get their champion re-elected in April and see him through the first months following his victory. On condition everything goes as planned. The first act will unfold around March 15.

Subscribers only Politics 27.02.2014

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Algeria Tifra Lait still wants to turn Adrar green

Algeria Senator Belouafi plans to bottle Saharan water

Algeria Deputy El Hamel extends his agricultural empire in Adrar

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Algeria Benchicou probes the Bouteflika mystery

Algeria Mohand Barache drums up support for "Said"

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Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune will draw on business experience

Algeria Chakib Khelil's nephew gets a seat

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Spotlight | Algeria
Business "party" comes out top in May 4 poll

Algeria
Issad Rebrab negotiates resumption of his southern agricultural projects

Algeria
Benharrats plans to open up the solar panel market to foreigners

Algeria
Abdelkader Taïeb Ezzraïmi sails on a sea of food oil

Algeria
Business "party" to vote for Azzedine Mihoubi

Algeria
The Dennouni clan expands its agri-food business

Spotlight | Algeria
Ahmed Gaid Salah plays his last cards against the hirak

Algeria
The Benhamadis opt for a minimalist hand-over at Condor

Algeria
Deputy Smail Benhamadi joins Condor Electronics

Algeria
Deputy Farida Benazi goes into used tyre reconditioning

Algeria
Islamist groups follow separate paths

Spotlight | Algeria
Bouteflika puts on velvet gloves to secure 5th term

Algeria
Deputy Baha Eddine Tliba returns to business matters

Algeria
Bouteflika too ill to run, clan preps plan B

Algeria
Abdenour Souakri to mill flour in the desert with the Baadji brothers

Algeria
Benhamadi clan joins the chase for agricultural land

Algeria
The Benhamadis plan to put a battery under their bonnet

Algeria
Moussa Benhamadi puts on his Riken tyres

Algeria
Tifra Lait still wants to turn Adrar green

Algeria
Senator Belouafi plans to bottle Saharan water

Algeria
Deputy El Hamel extends his agricultural empire in Adrar

Spotlight | Algeria
Cofco and Al Ghurair go after the cereals market

Algeria
Benchicou probes the Bouteflika mystery

Algeria
Mohand Barache drums up support for "Said"

Tunisia
Condor director Amir Benhamadi goes into consulting

Algeria
Abdelmadjid Tebboune will draw on business experience

Algeria
Chakib Khelil's nephew gets a seat

Spotlight | Algeria
Businessmen to seek election in record numbers

Algeria
Taieb Ezzraimi targets Mauritanian couscous market

Spotlight | Algeria
Bouteflika clan sees plotters everywhere

Spotlight | Algeria
Saâdani pays for his losing bet on Gaïd Salah

Spotlight | Algeria
Bouteflika prepares to become president for life

Spotlight | Algeria
Bouteflika's men rally against Ouyahia

Spotlight | Algeria
Bouteflika moves to contain a shale gas revolt

Spotlight | Algeria
Why Bouteflika's campaign is struggling

Spotlight | Algeria
Bouteflika’s new ballot: a play in 3 acts