Algeria: Sonatrach transforms itself despite uncertainty over presidency
In depth
Issue 385
- 31 Jan 2019
| 4 minute read
After more than a decade when Sonatrach senior management was cowed by allegations of severe corruption and fled from confrontation with commercial realities, the giant corporation is now rapidly implementing a new vision. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, now in the 20th year of his presidency, has not yet announced formally whether he will contest the election scheduled to take place in April. Following a severe stroke in 2013, the 81-year-old has been seen in public only a handful of times since his re-election in 2014, always either seated or in a wheelchair.
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