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NetCom Learning Bangladesh, Algerian envoy discuss tech skills
Staff Correspondent 15 October, 2025, 00:01 A member of NetCom Learning Bangladesh hands over a crest to Algerian ambassador to Bangladesh Abdelouahab Saidani at NetCom office in Dhaka on Tuesday. | Press release photo NetCom Learning Bangladesh...

The Lies Algeria Tells Itself About the Moroccan Sahara
In the air-conditioned halls of the United Nations, the dispute over Western Sahara has long been presented as a simple decolonization narrative. However, in a remarkable departure from diplomatic convention, The UN Secretary-General’s Personal...

Sonatrach, Midad Energy sign $5.4bn contract for Algeria’s Illizi Basin
Algerian state-owned oil company Sonatrach and Saudi Arabia’s Midad Energy North Africa have signed a production-sharing contract (PSC), worth around $5.4bn (AD704.08bn), focused on oil and gas exploration in Algeria’s Illizi Basin. The agreement...

117 northern students depart for Algeria on medicine, engineering scholarship
No fewer than 117 beneficiaries from northern Nigeria have departed for Algeria to pursue various academic programmes under a fully funded study scholarship facilitated by the Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi Foundation. Speaking during a send-forth and...

Midad to Invest $5.4B in Algerian Production Sharing Contract
Sonatrach signed a production sharing contract (PSC) with Midad Energy for the Illizi South area, nearly 100 kilometers (62.14 miles) south of In Amenas, Algeria's national oil and gas company said Monday. The Saudi company, through its...

Saudi Arabia's Midad Energy signs $5.4bn Algeria hydrocarbons deal
Algeria's Sonatrach and Saudi company Midad Energy North Africa have signed a production-sharing hydrocarbon contract for the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons on the contractual perimeter of Illizi South, located nearly 100 km south of...

Algeria Launches Major Green Hydrogen Infrastructure Initiative to Energize Regional Markets
Announcing a Game-Changing Partnership At the 13th NAPEC 2025 conference in Oran, Minister Mourad Adjal and the Ministry of Energy and Renewable Energies announced an ambitious push to develop green hydrogen infrastructure and open up regional...

Algerian, Tunisian and Mauritanian media outlets post article about prominent orientalist Aida Imanguliyeva
Baku, October 12, AZERTAC The Algerian “Al Harir”, Tunisian “Shams-alyaoum”, Mauritanian “tanidmedia.net” and “elmouritany.info” news portals have published an article headlined “Aida Imanguliyeva – a prominent representative of Azerbaijani...

Lawrence Tech in Southfield Launches 2026 Robofest
Robofest, an international youth robotics competition created by Southfield-based Lawrence Technological University professor C.J. Chung in 1999, has announced the theme of its 2026 Game competition, “Building Bridges.” Now in its 27th season,...

Algeria vs Uganda Prediction and Betting Tips | October 14th 2025
Algeria will host Uganda at the Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium on Tuesday in the final round of their CAF 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualification campaign. The home side have been excellent in their qualification campaign so far and have now confirmed a spot...

Stars of Science contestants revolutionizing healthcare through foresight
The 17th season of Qatar Foundation's Stars of Science initiative is showcasing forward-looking inventions that leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to address some of the world's most pressing health and technology challenges. Among this year's...
Algeria Plans Major Military Budget Increase for 2026
Algeria is set to approve a substantial increase in defense spending for 2026, marking the largest allocation ever proposed for its armed forces. According to the draft finance law for the coming year, the national defense budget will exceed 3,205...

From hidden jewel to global hub?
Last month in Algiers, the state I govern, Cross River, signed an agreement with the African Export-Import Bank to host the 2026 African Sub-Sovereign Governments Network Investment Conference. The event is intended to forge the cooperation needed...

Daewoo E&C spurs growth through LNG plant projects
Daewoo Engineering & Construction is accelerating its expansion in the global liquefied natural gas sector, building on its strong track record in engineering, procurement and construction, or EPC, of gas liquefaction facilities worldwide. The...

Algeria : Earthquake of Magnitude 3.8 Recorded in Tizi Ouzou
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The Research Center in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Geophysics (CRAAG) announced this morning that a 3.8-magnitude earthquake was recorded in the wilaya of Tizi Ouzou. According to the same source, the epicenter...

NEPC storms PH with AfCFTA’s GTI strategies, reveals products that trade fast in Africa
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has moved to the south-south with strategies to mobilise the region for participation in the Guided Trade Initiative (GTI) of the African Continental Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). This is as the Council...

Daewoo E&C advances in growing global LNG market
Interest in liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant construction is rising as the Alaska LNG project gains traction, following POSCO International’s preliminary agreement last month with lead developer Glenfarne Alaska LNG, signaling greater Korean...

Algiers Flexes Its Muscles : $60 Billion Over 5 Years for Oil, Gas and Green Energy
There has been substantial foreign investment in Algeria’s hydrocarbons sector, with financing coming from Italy, France, the United States and others. This momentum accompanies a renewed upswing in oil and gas exploration. But what Energy and...

AFRICA CAPITAL MARKETS FORUM 2025 7-9 OCTOBER 2025 | SANDTON CONVENTION CENTRE | JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
Continental Leaders Gather to Address Africa’s $2.5 Trillion Infrastructure Gap and Drive Capital Markets Integration JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – The Africa Capital Markets Forum (ACMF) 2025, the continent’s premier gathering for capital markets...

Algeria Becomes First African and Arab Nation to Acquire Su-57 Stealth Fighter (Video)
A report published by the American magazine Military Watch has revealed that Algeria is preparing to receive its first deliveries of the fifth-generation Su-57 stealth fighter from Russia before the end of the year. This acquisition would make...