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Can Algerian gas help plug a gap in Qatari supply?

The north African nation wonders if it might step in, as war in the Middle East halts shipments of liquefied natural gas and leaves importing nations looking for alternatives.

Rabia Abdul Salam 12 March 2026

What's behind Trump's Morocco-Algeria peace push?

US envoy Steve Witkoff thinks a thaw in relations between the two North African neighbours may be possible in 60 days. But doubts remain about its ability to serve as an honest broker.

Rabia Abdul Salam 29 October 2025
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Algeria’s nuclear energy ambitions still stalled despite potential

There are some very good reasons why the North African country should pursue civil nuclear power generation, but as experts warn, there are also some very good reasons to pause

Rabia Abdul Salam 28 October 2025
A worker mining lead sulphide in the border area between Morocco and Algeria. Alamy

Algeria’s mineral wealth gives it a new edge

The country has passed a new minerals law seen by its backers as a catalyst for investment. But critics say it surrenders sovereignty. Which way will the pendulum swing?

Rabia Abdul Salam 04 September 2025
A view taken on March 5, 2009, in Paris shows skeletons, part of the Department of Anthropology at the Musée de l'Homme (The Museum of Man) in Paris. PATRICK KOVARIK / AFP

'The Bread of the French': a poetic indictment of French racism

Xavier Le Clerc's novel doesn't merely unmask France's ugly colonial past; it warns of the present's ability to reproduce it

Samir Qasimi 28 August 2025
Gas from Nigeria could supply Europe via a pipeline through Algeria, or a pipeline through Morocco. One has several advantages. Shutterstock

Nigeria-Niger-Algeria gas pipeline: challenges and stakes

In the race to supply natural gas to Europe, Morocco, Algeria, Russia, Nigeria, Türkiye, Qatar, and Niger are all involved. With an existing pipeline network to Europe, does Algeria have an advantage?

Rabia Abdul Salam 04 June 2025
Two women pick eggplants in the Algerian town of Douaouda, May 30, 2024. AFP

Could aquifers turn Algeria’s desert into Africa’s breadbasket?

Big agricultural projects have been launched in Algeria's arid south, home to huge quantities of groundwater held in rock. Exploiting that to feed the region would be an economic boon.

Rabia Abdul Salam 26 May 2025
Protesters gather in Bamako on April 12, 2025, to respond to a call from Malian youth organisations to protest "aggression by Algeria," accusing Mali of shooting down a drone belonging to its army on Malian territory. AFP

The drone that shattered Sahelian diplomacy

The incident is a clear signal that it's no longer business-as-usual in the Sahel. New alliances and shifting dynamics are reshaping the region.

Aman Bezreh 04 May 2025
Artisanal miners in the Inchiri region pulling up ore from the bottom of a pit in Akjoujt, Mauritania on September 21, 2020. shutterstock

Mauritania's mineral treasure trove drives its rapid growth

One of the world's poorest nations currently has one of the fastest growing economies in Africa. Looking at the map and surveys of its mineral deposits shows why that might continue.

Mohamed Sharki 09 March 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, during the G7 Economic Summit, in Brugo Iniasia in Italy, June 14, 2024. Reuters

Algeria and France unravel their last remaining trade links

Relations have plummeted between Paris and Algiers. The latter sought a fairer deal, but the former seemed to want only oil, gas, and a grain market. As French firms leave, Algeria is moving on.

Rabia Abdul Salam 03 March 2025
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Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, dressed in an IRGC uniform, chairs a session in Tehran on 1 February 2026. AFP
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Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf: a possible US partner?

24 March 2026

Reports that the Trump administration is eyeing Iran's parliament speaker as an Iranian 'Delcy Rodriguez' has been dismissed in Tehran as fake news

Alex Vatanka
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Army Chief and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir pose with US President Donald Trump (C) at the White House in Washington, DC on 26 September 2025. AFP
Politics

Why Pakistan is well-placed to host US-Iran talks

24 March 2026

Islamabad is uniquely positioned to mediate between the warring parties. It also has more than enough reasons to want this war to end.

Kamal Alam
Mark Wallace (L), CEO of the non-profit United Against Nuclear Iran, talks with Rep. Mike Lawler (R) (R-NY) next to a Shahed 136 military drone during a press conference on Capitol Hill on 8 May 2025 in Washington, DC. WIN MCNAMEE / AFP
Business & Economy

Iran and the new arithmetic of war

23 March 2026

Cheap autonomous weapons are overturning the economics of combat—and teaching the United States important lessons.

Fareed Zakaria
Trump holding a Make America Great Again Hat AFP
Politics

Could the US-Iran war deliver Trump his own ‘Suez’ moment?

23 March 2026

The conflict will likely prompt political and economic shifts, even if the extent of those changes may not be known for years.

Christopher Phillips
A displaced woman sits next her tent in an unofficial camp, erected along Beirut’s seafront area on 22 March 2026. DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Beirut's daily grind: between refuge, ruin and routine

23 March 2026

Beirut continues to host exhibitions and sustain cultural life, but in a subdued, robotic fashion shaped by war and emotional numbness

Mimoza Al-Arrawi

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