Algeria: Triumph of the old guard
After three years of dialogue, debate and political in-fighting, the long-delayed hydrocarbons law appears to have hit the buffers. Its reported shelving marks a resounding victory for trade unionists and old-guard politicians who had repeatedly rallied against any change to the modus operandi of state energy company Sonatrach. The news does not bode well for Energy & Mines Minister Chakib Khelil, who has been championing reform of the energy sector since his appointment in 1999. Having ...
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