ALGIERS- A new emergency plan to provide all coastal provinces with seawater desalination plants (SDEM) is in progress, said Thursday in Algiers Minister of Energy and Mines, Mohamed Arkab.

ALGIERS- Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad Ramtane Lamamra examined, in Addis Ababa, the bilateral partnership opportunities in the field of air transport with Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian Airlines Tewolde Gebremariam.

ALGIERS- Minister of Transport Aissa Bekkai held Wednesday, at the ministry’s headquarters, a meeting with a considerable number of investors in civil aviation and maritime transport, in which he decided to create a listening committee comprising all the concerned sectors for the monitoring and coordination of investment initiatives, said the ministry.

ALGIERS- Two projects for the conservation of cetaceans on the Algerian coast, financed by the executive Secretariat of the Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS), have been launched, the Ministry of Fishing and Fish Production said in its official Facebook page.

ALGIERS-Algeria’s non-hydrocarbon exports increased by 95.55% and reached US$2.03 billion in the first half of 2021, said the Trade Ministry in a communiqué.

ALGIERS- Chief Executive Officer of Sonelgaz Chaher Boulakhras affirmed Tuesday, in Nouakchott (Mauritania), Algeria’s commitment, through Sonelgaz group, to supporting Mauritania in its economic recovery, in view of his company’s effective positioning on the national economic map, entitling it to become a continental leader.

ALGIERS- The Algerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CACI) and Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UNCC) signed Tuesday a memorandum of understanding on the creation of an Algerian-Ugandan business council, CACI said in statement.

JIJEL- Djendjen Port Company (province of Jijel) processed 3.6 million tonnes (MT) of various goods in the first half of 2021.

ALGIERS-Minister of Trade and Export Promotion Kamel Rezig on Sunday held talks with Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Joey Hood on the prospects for bilateral trade cooperation, said Monday the ministry in a communiqué.

ALGIERS- Maritime traffic at the Port of Algiers experienced a drop of 9.58% in the first quarter of 2021 compared with the same period a year earlier, notably because of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest figures provided by Algiers Port Company (EPAL).