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61 people arrested by RADA

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61 people have been arrested by the Rada Special Deterrence Force, who are suspected of being involved in the attack on the Mitiga airport last week. Rada said that the militants were from Tajura and attacked the airport compound in order to break out their commanders from Mitiga jail. Several demonstrations have been held in Tajura calling the release of those people, who have been detained only for suspicions and without any proof. The 33rd Brigade, responsible of the attack and led by Khalfallah, called Al-Bugra or “the cow”, said that it would ignore the government decision to disband their group. During the attack 20 people were killed and dozens injured and the airport reopened in the last two days.

The controversial general amnesty

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Hundreds of protesters, especially families of Islamic prisoners, gathered in the Lebanese capital demanding that the Islamic prisoners be part of the controversial general amnesty that should anticipate the country’s elections scheduled for May. The Lebanese authorities have not granted a general amnesty since 1990, after the end of the civil war. If this were to happen, hundreds of Sunni Islamists would benefit from it, including some who clashed with the military, following the clashes between Sunnis and Shiites in northern Lebanon, and extremists believed to belong to al-Qaeda-related groups or to the Islamic State.

Ways to boost Tunisian-Algerian co-operation in social protection discussed

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Ways to boost bilateral co-operation in the field of social protection and the activation of the Tunisian-Algerian jont co-operation commission in this area were discussed at a working meeting held Monday between Minister of Social Affairs Mohamed Trabelsi and Algerian Minister of National Solidarity, Family and Women’s Affairs Ghania Eddalia.Trabelsi expressed his department’s willingness to boost joint action programmes to fight certain social phenomena.He called for proposing practical initiatives to face poverty and marginalization particularly in boarder regions. Trabelsi also reviewed Tunisia’s overall approach in fighting poverty along with the principal programmes and social intervention for the benefit of special needs and limited income groups. The Algerian Minister expressed her country’s commitment to boost co-operation in social protection with Tunisia through sharing experiences, expertise and visits to ensure the success of joint work and improve living conditions of needy families in both countries.

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AfDB to provide Tunisia financing totaling 1,140 MD in 2018

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The African Development Bank (AfDB) will make available to Tunisia 1,140 Million Dinars (MD) intended to support the State budget in 2018 and finance some projects in sanitation, electricity and integrated agricultural development in Zaghouan and strengthening the private sector.This amount was revealed at a meeting between Tunisian Minister of Development, Investment and International Co-operation Ziad Ladhari and AfDB Vice President, Regional Development, Integration & Business Delivery Khaled Sherif on Monday.The meeting focused on future areas of co-operation between the two parties, including industrial development, support for private investment and strengthening public-private partnership.Co-operation between Tunisia and AfDB had focused on the sectors of agriculture, communication technologies, infrastructure, education and budget support with financing totaling 1,200 MD in 2017.

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Sonatrach will refine its petroleum in Italy

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Sonatrach signed a processing contract on Monday January 15th with an Italian refinery to refine its petroleum before repatriating it. This option should allow Algeria to reduce its invoice for imports of refined products, promises the national company. The CEO of Sonatrach, Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour, explained earlier this week that this operation was to rent the equipment of the Italian refiner on site to carry out refining operations in Italy. Lack of sufficient infrastructure to meet the growing demand internally, Algeria has been forced in recent years to import petroleum products. The country now imports more than 15 million tons of fuel per year, compared with local production of 11.5 million tons. After spending $ 800 million on fuel imports in 2016, Algeria tripled its spending in 2017 ($ 2.5 billion). “Our goal is to reduce our fuel imports, they are too high”, Ould Kaddour told reporters on Tuesday. Algeria “can not continue to import $ 2 billion a year in petroleum products”, says the CEO of Sonatrach.

Ouyahia receives Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs

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Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia received on Saturday in Algiers the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Geoffrey Onyeama, who is making a working visit to Algeria. Mr. Onyeama, who is part of strengthening the strategic relationship between Algeria and Nigeria, provides an opportunity to take stock of multifaceted cooperation and to examine ways and means to give new impetus to the relations between Algeria and Nigeria. The visit, which will also take place on the eve of the 30th session of the African Union Summit, will allow the two sides to discuss the main items on the agenda of this session as well as regional and international issues of common interest, including the situation in the Sahel, the fight against terrorism, and organized crime that undermine this region.

El-Sisi discuss achievements over the past four years

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During the third day of “The Story of a Nation” event the President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi discuss the achievements over the past four years in counterterrorism, development and foreign affairs. He said that EGP 250 billion worth of developments have been implemented in Sinai, adding that on the war against terrorism in North Sinai the state has not destroyed any houses. For several years the Egyptian army has been fighting against Islamist terrorism and hundreds of soldiers have been killed by the terrorist attacks. The state is providing aid to 13 000 citizens injured by the attacks. The president spoke about the El-Arish Airport, saying that the state should return to Sinai and that a safe zone will be create around the airport. Speaking about foreign relations El-Sisi said that Egypt has suffered isolation and it is important to restore his role in Africa and Europe. On the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, after the tensions with Ethiopia, the president said that the Egyptian share of water will not be touched. He concluded stressing the importance of having stable institutions  in the country.

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Hydrocarbons: Sonatrach and Cepsa sign $ 1.2 billion contract

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The Sonatrach group and the Spanish company Cepsa signed Thursday a new agreement for the exploitation of the oil field of Rhoude el Krouf (RKF) in the Berkine basin (Ouargla). This new association plans to carry out an additional development program estimated at $ 1.2 billion. The program includes the duplication of the number of existing development wells, the construction of a new production facility, including a LPG extraction unit and the increase of gas treatment and water injection capacity, as well as the creation of a new production.

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Algeria: Condor will invest $ 1 billion over five years

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The Condor group will invest $ 1 billion over the next five years to expand its mobile phone production capacity. The chairman Abderrahmane Benhamadi said that they are going to invest $ 1 billion over five years to expand their business in mobile phones, built-in products, kitchen and furniture, refrigerators and they will invest in 7 new phone production lines. The Condor group is already exporting its products to all Maghreb countries (Tunisia, Morocco, Libya and Mauritania), but also in France, Senegal, Congo, Benin, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.

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Libya: the current situation at Mitiga airport

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The RADA, or Special Deterrence Force, led by Madkhali-Salafist Abdelraul Kara, thanked the other militias and the Presidential Guard for protect the capital from criminals, adding that the militias aligned to Serraj suffered 11 deaths during the clashes of Mitiga airport. This inter-militia fighting damaged 9 aircraft and led to the closure of the capital’s airport. Several airlines are now attempting to asses assess airworthiness of their craft and fly home hundreds of Libyan passengers stranded abroad.

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