We hear that President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's government is irritated both by the Bamako junta's scuppering of the peace deal that Algeria facilitated and having to host thousands of refugees after the conflict restarted...

It is key to the regional policy of President Abdelmajid Tebboune and military Chief of Staff Major General Saïd Chengriha as a stick with which to beat regional rival Morocco (AC Vol 63 No 9 Navigating through the fog of cold war)...

At the end of January the Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni was in Algiers signing a deal with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune under which Italy would obtain a further 9bcm a year...

After several friendly speeches and exchange visits between Algerian and French officials Paris was preparing to welcome President Abdelmadjid Tebboune for a state visit in May...

As Lavrov's next Africa tour will focus on North Africa he will devote much effort to secure Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi's attendance and is also likely to get Tunisia's President Kaïs Saïed and Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to sign up...

High levels of oil and gas revenues meant Algeria ended 2023 with good economic results on paper as foreign reserves rebuilt to over US$60 billion and enough money entered the state-dominated system for President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's government to buy off inflationary trouble with big subsidies and price controls...

The MBS dinner may point to another key issue in Algiers visit: the Saudi Crown Prince had been expected to fly to Algiers from France but that visit was cancelled at the last moment even as President Abdelmajid Tebboune prepared to meet the monarch...