ALGIERS- Minister of Communication, Spokesperson of the Government Ammar Belhimer underlined Thursday that the version of the draft organic law on the electoral system provides for “effective solutions to eradicate corruption which has tainted Algeria’s reputation.”

ALGIERS-The preliminary draft organic law amending and supplementing the organic law on elections sets out the conditions candidates must meet for communal, provincial, parliamentary and presidential elections.

ALGIERS- Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad chaired, on Wednesday by video-conference, a meeting of the Government during which seven draft executive decrees relating to the sectors of Finance, Energy and Culture were examined, said the Prime Minister's Office in a statement.

ALGIERS- Algeria and Kenya are on the same wavelength on major continental and international issues of common interest and official meetings are expected between the leaders of the two countries in order to speed up the consultations on the outstanding agreements, said a joint communiqué culminating the working visit of Minister of Foreign Affairs Sabri Boukadoum to Kenya.

ALGIERS- The version of the draft organic law on the electoral system, distributed on Tuesday to the political parties for enrichment, enshrines the constitutional principles on the independence and neutrality of the National Independent Authority for Elections (ANIE) and gives it new prerogatives.

ALGIERS- President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune has undergone today a successful surgery on his right foot and will return to Algeria “in the next few days,” the Presidency of the Republic said in a communiqué.

ALGIERS- American diplomat John Limbert sent a message of thanks and gratitude to Algeria and its people, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the release of the American captives in Iran, of whom he was a part, thanks to the Algerian mediation.

ALGIERS-Three (03) terrorist bunkers containing (05) mortar shells, one (01) grenade and detonation tools were destroyed in Batna by a detachment of the People's National Army (ANP), while a terrorist supporter was arrested in Khenchela on 13-19 January 2021, announced an Army operational report released Wednesday.

ALGIERS- A special plane of the Air Algerie company was mobilized by the Algerian state on January 18, 2021 to repatriate Algerian students blocked at the international zone of Casablanca airport (Morocco) and this free of charge, said Tuesday the Algerian Embassy in Morocco, denying the false information reported by the local press.

ALGIERS – The original version of the draft organic bill on the electoral system has been distributed on Tuesday, in application on the instructions of President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune to political parties for enrichment.