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Algeria (L) and Morocco (R) are fighting over caftans, zelliges and the BRICS. (Photos by AFP)

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Premium badgeAlgeria, Morocco and the blooper reel of discord

There is no shortage of disputes between North African neighbours Algiers and Rabat, to the extent that the most trivial of issues can inflame tempers...

Abdel-Fatau Musah, commissioner for political affairs, peace and security at the Economic Community of West Africa States. (Photo: ECOWAS)

what revolution?

Premium badgeExclusive: ECOWAS commissioner Musah dissects Niger coup – Part 2 In Part 2 of our exclusive interview, Abdel-Fatau Musah says the Niger crisis is not an anti-West coup, a narrative only adopted after deposing Presid...
Khobz el-dâr (Arabic for “bread of the house”) at the El Ghezel souk in Constantine.

Lean times

Premium badgeAlgeria relies on Russia’s wheat now more than ever Drought-stricken Algeria has imported 2.5 million tons of wheat – mostly from Russia – in the first half of the year.
jad20230731-mmo-maroc-armement-01-1256×628-1690976597 Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (FAR) and US Army vehicles in the province of Tan-Tan (southwest Morocco) on 30 June 2022, during the 18th annual African Lion military exercise © FADEL SENNA/AFP

world wide weapons

Premium badgeMorocco looks beyond US, France in arms race with Algeria While Western arms still dominate the Moroccan military arsenal, Rabat is looking to new competitors such as China and India for cheaper weapons.

Algeria top stories

Algeria (L) and Morocco (R) are fighting over caftans, zelliges and the BRICS. (Photos by AFP)

he said, she said

Premium badgeAlgeria, Morocco and the blooper reel of discord There is no shortage of disputes between North African neighbours Algiers and Rabat, to the extent that the most trivial of issues can inflame tempers...
Abdel-Fatau Musah, commissioner for political affairs, peace and security at the Economic Community of West Africa States. (Photo: ECOWAS)

what revolution?

Premium badgeExclusive: ECOWAS commissioner Musah dissects Niger coup – Part 2 In Part 2 of our exclusive interview, Abdel-Fatau Musah says the Niger crisis is not an anti-West coup, a narrative only adopted after deposing Presid...
Khobz el-dâr (Arabic for “bread of the house”) at the El Ghezel souk in Constantine.

Lean times

Premium badgeAlgeria relies on Russia’s wheat now more than ever Drought-stricken Algeria has imported 2.5 million tons of wheat – mostly from Russia – in the first half of the year.

Algeria top stories

Algeria (L) and Morocco (R) are fighting over caftans, zelliges and the BRICS. (Photos by AFP)

he said, she said

Premium badgeAlgeria, Morocco and the blooper reel of discord There is no shortage of disputes between North African neighbours Algiers and Rabat, to the extent that the most trivial of issues can inflame tempers...
Abdel-Fatau Musah, commissioner for political affairs, peace and security at the Economic Community of West Africa States. (Photo: ECOWAS)

what revolution?

Premium badgeExclusive: ECOWAS commissioner Musah dissects Niger coup – Part 2 In Part 2 of our exclusive interview, Abdel-Fatau Musah says the Niger crisis is not an anti-West coup, a narrative only adopted after deposing Presid...
Khobz el-dâr (Arabic for “bread of the house”) at the El Ghezel souk in Constantine.

Lean times

Premium badgeAlgeria relies on Russia’s wheat now more than ever Drought-stricken Algeria has imported 2.5 million tons of wheat – mostly from Russia – in the first half of the year.

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© A fuel gauge shows a battery residual quantity meter in a BYD E6 electric car, used as a taxi in Shenzhen, at the taxi company’s car park, in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen June 15, 2011. A pioneering electric taxi project in China’s southern economic powerhouse of Shenzhen seems a success by most accounts. Riders are enthusiastic, there have been no accidents and drivers are termed “gracious,” not a term usually applied to mainland drivers. The pilot project, which could be replicated in other cities, underpins China’s ambitious plans to put at least half a million electric vehicles (EV) and plug-in hybrids on the road by 2015. Picture taken June 15, 2011. To match Analysis ETAXIS/ REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

electric competition

Premium badgeMorocco-Algeria: Who will win the battle for Chinese electric batteries? Against the backdrop of Morocco’s negotiations with several major Chinese conglomerates for the establishment of a gigafactory, Xi Jinping has just pr...
South Africa hosts inaugural green hydrogen summit in Cape Town © South African president Cyril Ramaphosa speaks at the Green Hydrogen Summit at Century City in Cape Town, South Africa, November 29, 2022. REUTERS/Esa Alexander

Mission Critical

Premium badgeGreen hydrogen: A path to African industrialisation or another false dawn? The Ukraine war has limited Europe’s options for natural gas and reduced the possible sources of hydrogen, heightening the focus on Africa. How much t...
jad20230718-mmo-algerie-economie-tebboune-chine-1256×628-1689755532 © Chinese President Xi Jinping with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on 18 July 2023. Ng Han Guan/POOL/AFP

RISE AND FALL

Premium badgeAlgeria: President Tebboune seeks to revive economic cooperation with China Long present in Algeria, Chinese companies have recently been less active, which instigated a presidential visit to Beijing and Shenzhen.
jad20230704-mmo-algerie-mak-1256×628-1688548556 © A youth waves the Berber flag in the Kabyle city of Tizi Ouzou. ANDBZ/ABACA

provocative move

Premium badgeAlgeria: MAK separatists hire DC lobbyist The Kabyle separatist movement, described as “terrorist” by the Algerian authorities, has hired a Morocco-based lawyer to lobby in the US.
Ghana is regulating cybersecurity activities and addressing associated issues. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

up for ransom

Premium badgeCyberattacks: five reasons why Africa is vulnerable BGFI Bank, Bank of Africa and the Senegalese government have reportedly been the recent targets of cyberattacks. Why are hackers focusing on the Afric...
jad20220418-mmo-algerie-armee-grandemuette-chengriha-1256×628-1687954173 © Major General Saïd Chengriha, Chief of Staff of the Algerian People’s National Army (ANP). Zinedine Zebar/Starface

territorial integrity

Premium badgeAlgeria: Saïd Chengriha, the man who wants to battle with Morocco Chief of Staff of the Algerian army since the end of 2019, the 79-year-old Saïd Chengriha is, along with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, one of the tw...