Algeria

The country is deporting sub-Saharan migrants without documents to Niger with unprecedented frequency; according to Alarm Phone Sahara cooperation project, over 11.000 in the first three months of this year

Algerian mathematician Youcef Saad has been awarded the prestigious John-von-Neumann Prize for Mathematics for the year 2023

Fiat cars factory in Tafraoui, Oran, will be ready by the end of August; it will generate around 600 direct jobs from its start-up and is expected to reach 2.000 over the next three years

Algeria and Russia discussed strengthening their military cooperation during a visit to Algiers by Russian Security Council Secretary Nicholai Patrushev, the Algerian defence ministry said

The local cosmetics industry is growing and in 2022 over 80 operators started export of various products thanks to regulatory procedures and reduced import bills - reports the Minister of Trade and Export

The Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights informally announced its dissolution dictated by a court ruling, before which it was not even summoned

The country wants to ban Lgbtq colours as immoral; a new awareness campaign has been launched in the country on products bearing 'signs' and 'colours' considered contrary to the religious beliefs of Algerians and the moral values of Algerian society

Algerian services app Yassir has reached 1.000 employees, from five in 2017; it provides ride-hailing, grocery drop-off and payment services, has extended operations to Morocco, Tunisia, South Africa, Senegal and France and sees more growth opportunities

Plans to equip the city of Bejaia with a tram and a cable car have been relaunched again, after a stall due to the financial crisis that hit the country between 2014 and 2021

Reporters Without Borders called on the Algerian authorities to stop harassing independent media director Ihsane El Kadi with the aim of repressing his outspoken statements