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A toxic dependency: Algeria’s love-hate relationship with its oil

March 12, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

This year’s 41st anniversary, celebrated two weeks ago, has been marked in particularly gloomy fashion. Reports have recently emerged floating the prospect of oil reserves drying up and arguing that new discoveries are failing to keep pace with production. This … read more »

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Algeria energy giant ex-chiefs jailed

May 4, 2011 by benim

Algiers – Two former bosses of Algeria’s state-owned energy giant Sonatrach have been sentenced to prison and fined after being convicted of corruption, state media reported on Wednesday. Mohamed Meziane, Sonatrach’s former chief executive, was sentenced to two years in … read more »

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