Algeria

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

Algerian musical genre raï has been inscribed on the UNESCO intangible world heritage list, which concluded yesterday the 17th session of Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Morocco

Work on the construction of a second 10 MW solar farm in south-east Algeria has started as part of an alliance of Italian oil and gas major Eni with the government-owned Sonatrach to support the decarbonisation of oil production

Water management - a major challenge for the country with a high need for drinking water and successive drought periods - is relying more and more on desalination plants and dams

Arab League Summit opens today and is dedicated to unification and the adoption of a unified vision to strengthen joint Arab action; 1 November commemorates the outbreak of the 1954 Revolution that led to the war of liberation against colonial rule

The country ranks first in the Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries in terms of oil and gas exploration during the first months of 2022, as indicated by OAPEC

Algerian officials have announced the completion of preparations for the upcoming 31st Arab Summit, to be held in Algiers on November 1-2

Primary schools in Algeria have begun teaching English, a move that has been criticised by some as hasty; Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune told reporters in July that 'the French language is a spoil of war but English is the international language'

Prime Minister Aymen Benabderrahmane emphasised the key role of walis (provincial governors) in promoting investment and local development, calling on them to monitor investment projects on the ground