Chinese company delivers final section of Algeria's landmark East-West Highway project

STORY: Chinese company delivers final section of Algeria's landmark East-West Highway project DATELINE: Aug. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:37 LOCATION: Algiers CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Algeria's East-West Highway project 2. various of Algerian Prime Minister Aymen Benabderrahmane speaking 3. various of Algeria's East-West Highway project STORYLINE: A landmark Algerian highway built to connect 17 provinces has been completed with a Chinese company delivering its final 84-km segment on Saturday. As the final leg of the East-West Highway project, the 84-km project stretches from Drean in the easternmost province of El Tarf to the town of Raml Souk bordering Tunisia. Algerian Prime Minister Aymen Benabderrahmane hailed the highway's strategic significance in substantially facilitating people's travel and promoting economic exchanges between Algeria and Tunisia. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Algiers. (XHTV)

ALGERIA-EL TARF-FOREST FIRES-DEATH TOLL

ALGERIA-EL TARF-FOREST FIRES-DEATH TOLL

(220818) -- EL TARF (ALGERIA), Aug. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man checks a vehicle damaged in a forest fire in El Tarf province, Algeria, on Aug. 18, 2022. At least 37 people were killed and 235 others injured in forest fires that have ravaged large parts of the country, said a statement of the Algerian civil protection authority on Thursday. (Xinhua)

ALGERIA-EL TARF-FOREST FIRES-DEATH TOLL

ALGERIA-EL TARF-FOREST FIRES-DEATH TOLL

(220818) -- EL TARF (ALGERIA), Aug. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People gather near a site where a forest fire occurred in El Tarf province, Algeria, on Aug. 18, 2022. At least 37 people were killed and 235 others injured in forest fires that have ravaged large parts of the country, said a statement of the Algerian civil protection authority on Thursday. (Xinhua)

ALGERIA-EL TARF-FOREST FIRES-DEATH TOLL

ALGERIA-EL TARF-FOREST FIRES-DEATH TOLL

(220818) -- EL TARF (ALGERIA), Aug. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People check a vehicle damaged in a forest fire in El Tarf province, Algeria, on Aug. 18, 2022. At least 37 people were killed and 235 others injured in forest fires that have ravaged large parts of the country, said a statement of the Algerian civil protection authority on Thursday. (Xinhua)

ALGERIA-EL TARF-FOREST FIRES-DEATH TOLL

ALGERIA-EL TARF-FOREST FIRES-DEATH TOLL

(220818) -- EL TARF (ALGERIA), Aug. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man walks past a vehicle damaged in a forest fire in El Tarf province, Algeria, on Aug. 18, 2022. At least 37 people were killed and 235 others injured in forest fires that have ravaged large parts of the country, said a statement of the Algerian civil protection authority on Thursday. (Xinhua)