ALGERIAN PATRIOTS - ENGLISH

On April 18, 2025, the World Bank published an insightful article titled “How Algeria is Shaping its Economic Future” , offering a nuanced yet clearly optimistic perspective on the country’s ongoing economic transformation. Long regarded as a hydrocarbon-dependent, mono-export economy, Algeria now appears to be at a historic crossroads. At the heart of this shift lies an ambitious target set by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune: reaching a Gross Domestic Product of $400 billion by 2027. A Diversification Strategy in Motion The figures released by the World Bank are telling: non-hydrocarbon exports have tripled since 2017, reaching $5.1 billion in 2023. Though they still represent just 2% of GDP, this trend signals a critical shift in Algeria’s economic model, one that is moving away from structural dependence on oil and gas. Among the country’s most exported goods are now fertilizers, steel products, and cement — a reflection of a deliberate strategy rooted in wide-ranging structural r...

Under President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Algeria has recorded a remarkable growth in non-hydrocarbon exports, rising from $700 million in 2019 to $13 billion in 2023. This article examines the strategies and policies implemented by the Algerian government to achieve this ambitious goal. Economic reforms, support measures for exporters, and investments in infrastructure are analyzed in detail. Introduction The Algerian economy has long been dominated by the hydrocarbon sector, representing a substantial portion of the country's exports and revenues. However, under the presidency of Abdelmadjid Tebboune, significant efforts have been made to diversify the economy and increase non-hydrocarbon exports. This article explores the various strategies and actions undertaken by the Algerian government to achieve this goal. 1. Structural and Economic Reforms Diversifying the Algerian economy required major structural and economic reforms. Tebboune implemented several measures to improve the busi...

Since the Algerian government's decision to revive the strategic Gara Djebilet mine project (1) , all of the official and unofficial Moroccan media outlets have been talking about this issue, highlighting Morocco's alleged historical right to the Gara Djebilet mine. For the Moroccan side, Hassan II is said to have accepted the borderline between Morocco and Algeria in exchange for a usufruct right to the Gara Djebilet mine. Unfortunately for the Moroccans, the documents signed and ratified between Morocco and Algeria do not say the same thing (2) , and we will come back to this in detail in this article, in order to definitively deconstruct the Moroccan propaganda, for internal use, and whose aim is to anaesthetize the Moroccan people by letting them believe in the possibility of recovering a past greatness that never existed. Before answering the Moroccan allegations, let's try to explain in a few words this mega project of Gara Djebilet, what is it about?  1) The Gara Dje...