Riyadh: Algeria expresses solidarity with Saudi Arabia
In a statement issued on 11 October and reported by TSA, Algeria’s Foreign Ministry condemned attacks targeting King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. It reaffirmed solidarity with Saudi Arabia and rejected any infringement of the kingdom’s sovereignty, territory or the safety of its citizens and residents. The ministry also described the attacks as a violation of civilian and aviation safety and a threat to regional and international stability.
Source: TSA
In Tripoli, Attaf calls for fairer African representation at the UN
Ahmed Attaf advocated reform of the United Nations Security Council in Tripoli on 11 October, at the 14th ministerial meeting of the African Union’s Committee of Ten, the C-10. Algeria’s foreign minister framed reform as a matter of justice, legitimacy and the credibility of the international order. He called Africa’s underrepresentation among non-permanent members and its absence from permanent seats unacceptable, arguing that the continent should be treated on an equal footing with other regions.
Source: Radio Algérienne
Sétif’s Industria fair: organisers report 84 agreements
The second Industria fair, which closed in Sétif on the evening of 10 October, produced 84 partnership and cooperation agreements, according to its organisers. Over four days, 55 public- and private-sector exhibitors from Algeria and China presented their work in fields including mechanical engineering, plastics, packaging, energy and textiles. Fair commissioner Naoufel Cherfi reported around 20,000 visitors, including business operators, students and professionals. These figures concern signed agreements, not investments already delivered.
Source: Radio Algérienne
Baladna sets out harvest figures and irrigation targets for Adrar
Baladna El Djazaïr has released crop figures for its Adrar dairy project, TSA reported on 11 October. The company reported 360 hectares sown, with harvests including 530 tonnes of barley and 359 tonnes of wheat. It said 11 additional irrigation pivots were being brought into service. Its target remains 70,000 cultivated hectares served by 1,400 pivots; that area has not been presented as already achieved. The first cattle from the United States are expected in late November.
Source: TSA
Algeria and Kuwait explore medicine trade
Pharmaceutical Industry Minister Ouacim Kouidri met Kuwait’s ambassador in Algiers on 11 October to discuss supplying the Kuwaiti market with Algerian medicines. According to the ministry’s statement, he called for preparations for an agreement between Algeria’s National Agency for Pharmaceutical Products, the ANPP, and its Kuwaiti counterpart. The aim is to simplify medicine registration and mutual recognition within each country’s rules. The ambassador requested a list of locally produced essential medicines intended for export. These are preparatory talks, not an agreement announced as signed.
Source: Radio Algérienne
Tourism students begin the year as professional training is announced
The tourism sector’s 2026–2027 training year opened at the ENST tourism school in Algiers on 11 October, led by Minister Houria Meddahi. The ministry reported more than 500 new students and trainees across the sector, which also includes the Tizi-Ouzou and Boussaâda institutes and their Tlemcen and Ouargla branches. A special programme aims to train or retrain more than 10,000 professionals from the fourth quarter of 2026 to the first half of 2027. Hotel managers, tourist guides and travel-agency managers are among those targeted, with a focus on digital tools, artificial intelligence, hospitality and tourism promotion on social media.
Source: Radio Algérienne