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RATP launches new tramway in AlgeriaRATP group, one of the largest urban transport operators worldwide, has launched the new Oran tramway in Algeria which will cater to about 90,000 passengers per day. The Oran tramway, which is operated by RATP Group, was off More… |
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Vimpelcom nears $6bn Algeria sale dealRussian mobile firm Vimpelcom may soon reach a deal to sell a controlling stake in its Algerian business, Djezzy, to Algeria after the government decided to lift a ban on foreign exchange transfers, Vedomosti reported. Vimpelcom t More… |
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Algeria hostage mastermind killed in MaliChadian soldiers in Mali have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the al Qaeda commander who masterminded a bloody hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant in January, Chad's military said. The death of one of the world's most wante More… |
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Emirates inaugurates service to AlgiersEmirates, one of the fastest growing airlines in the world, launched its daily non-stop service from Dubai to Houari Boumediene Airport in Algiers today. It is the 22nd gateway for Emirate More… |
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Algerian gas plant resumes some productionAlgeria's Tiguentourine gas plant resumed some production on Sunday, more than a month after dozens of foreign workers were killed in an Islamist attack there, the head of the state energy firm Sonatrach told state radio. The More… |
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Emirates appoints new manager for AlgeriaEmirates, one of the world's fastest-growing airlines, has appointed Husain Alsafi as country manager for Algeria to support the airline's operation to the capital city, Algiers, from Marc More… |
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Oil firms face soaring security bill after attacksOil executives are resigned to a rise in security costs which will be steep even for an industry used to working in dangerous places, as they strengthen defences against militants and cyber attackers alike, said experts. Officials More… |
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Algeria death toll rises to 80 as more bodies foundAlgerian troops found 25 bodies of hostages at a bomb-littered gas plant deep in the Sahara desert on Sunday, a day after ending a four-day siege, a security source said, raising the death toll of militants and their captives to at least 80. More… |
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Algeria ends desert siege with 23 hostages deadAlgerian troops ended a siege by Islamist militants at a gas plant in the Sahara desert where 23 hostages died, with a final assault which killed all the remaining hostage-takers. Believed to be More… |
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Charred bodies found at besieged Algeria plantAlgerian special forces on Saturday found 15 burned bodies at a desert gas plant raided by Al Qaeda-linked fighters, two days after the army launched an assault to free hostages being held there by the Islamists, a source familiar with the crisi More… |
