New platform to track essential goods and prices
Sifi Ghrieb chaired the launch on 5 November of a digital platform for daily monitoring of essential goods’ prices and availability across all wilayas. A prime ministerial statement carried by Radio Algérienne says it is intended to bring together information from the supply chain, including farmers, traders and cold-store operators. Provincial governors were also urged to take the necessary legal measures against deliberately created shortages and price manipulation.
Source: Radio Algérienne
Local election campaigning gets under way
Campaigning for municipal and wilaya assemblies began on 5 November ahead of the 28 November vote. ANIE figures carried by Radio Algérienne list 141,388 municipal-assembly candidates and 21,476 wilaya-assembly candidates, with 24,236,959 registered voters. The report recalls the ban on using state resources, educational establishments and places of worship for election propaganda, alongside controls on campaign financing.
Source: Radio Algérienne
Monetary and Banking Council endorses draft prudential rules
Meeting on 5 November, the Monetary and Banking Council reviewed and endorsed draft regulations on solvency, large exposures and equity holdings, and the classification and provisioning of claims and off-balance-sheet commitments. Its statement, carried by Radio Algérienne, says the aim is to bring supervision closer to international standards while accommodating Islamic finance. These are drafts endorsed by the Council; the report does not specify when they will enter into force.
Source: Radio Algérienne
Tindouf free zone handover planned before the end of 2026
Minister Kamel Rezig told the Council of the Nation on 5 November that the Tindouf free zone, near the Mauritanian border, would be handed over before the end of 2026. TSA reports that the 200-hectare complex includes six large warehouses and customs, banking and logistics services to support trade with West Africa. The minister says development works are complete, but final handover and the actual start of operations still need to be finalised.
Source: TSA
Bouira prepares teaching space for 2,000 students and opens a one-stop service
At Bouira’s Akli Mohand Oulhadj University, Kamel Baddari inspected new teaching facilities being built for 2,000 students on 5 November, with an allocated budget of 1.2 billion dinars. University officials quoted by Radio Algérienne say construction is in its final phase and the facilities should become available soon. The minister did inaugurate a one-stop service bringing together entrepreneurship support, banking and tax services for students. Around 15 innovative student projects were also launched.
Source: Radio Algérienne
Archives and oral history discussed at national memory forum
The second session of the national forum on memory and history took place in Algiers on 5 November. Radio Algérienne reports that Abdelkader Baghdad Bey proposed an inventory of archives held in Algeria and abroad, a shared digital portal for researchers and an oral-history programme involving universities. The latter would collect accounts from veterans and witnesses of the Revolution. These were recommendations presented at the meeting, not announcements of services already in operation.
Source: Radio Algérienne
Hemdani names 26 players for the two Togo matches
Brahim Hemdani announced his 26-player squad on 5 November for the Africa Cup of Nations 2027 qualifiers against Togo on 14 and 17 November. TSA notes first call-ups for Mohamed Azzi and Abderrahmane Rebbach, and the returns of Nabil Bentaleb and Hicham Boudaoui. Luca Zidane and Rayan Aït Nouri are absent. The coach cited club playing time when explaining his choice of goalkeepers; that explanation does not cover every player left out.
Source: TSA