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Algeria is preparing to station an army detachment in northern Niger after its upper house unanimously endorsed the deployment. Officially, the troops will protect Sonatrach’s oil investments—but the decision also signals a wider strategic shift in Algeria’s approach to the Sahel.
AlgeriaNews Desk7 min read
In the moment
Chronological updates, separate from editorial prominence.
Inflation has slowed and Algeria’s minimum wage has risen, yet many households still struggle to cover food, housing, energy and healthcare. The widening gap between income and essential costs exposes the limits of seasonal aid and the need for more regular, better-targeted social protection.
Amina Rahmani9 min read
Algeria has built a 950-kilometre railway and committed enormous public resources to unlocking one of the world’s largest iron-ore deposits. Yet high phosphorus levels, changing production targets and the absence of a publicly accessible financial model make it impossible to determine whether Gara Djebilet will generate an adequate economic return.
Sofiane Belkacem12 min read
Algeria has rewritten its investment rules, expanded digital services and established a national one-stop shop. For international investors, however, the decisive question is not how many projects are registered, but whether land, permits, imports, currency transfers and operating approvals can be secured within predictable deadlines.
Sofiane Belkacem7 min read
Home affairs
After the start of the school year was postponed from 6 to 21 September, millions of pupils are returning to class as families bear the costs of an unusually long summer break and delayed openings increasingly become an annual routine.
Husayn Al‑Najaar9 min read
Algeria is confronting a complex drug challenge shaped by cross-border trafficking, changing patterns of consumption and growing concern about the social and public-health consequences. Understanding the problem requires separating verified evidence from political claims while examining trafficking routes, seizures, prevention, treatment and the pressures facing young people.
AlgeriaNews Desk9 min read
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