Algeria has reaffirmed its commitment to help free the African continent from threats of armed conflicts and cross-border challenges, particularly the fight against terrorism in the Sahel region in order to accelerate development.
It is against this backdrop that through the Algerian Agency for International Cooperation for Solidarity and Development, Algeria has committed $1 billion to development projects in education, healthcare and social infrastructures in Africa, especially in the Sahel region.
The Algerian Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Mourad Louhaidia, announced these at a reception to mark the 70th National Day (Independence Day) of Algeiria from French colonial yoke in 1954 in Accra last Thursday.
In attendance were members of the diplomatic corps, Algerian nationals in Ghana, daughter of former first President of Ghana, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Samia Nkrumah, and Mr Sena Oklu, who in the 1950s contributed his first salary as an employee of the Ghana broadcasting cooperation (GBC) to help in the Algerian revolution.