PARIS: Algeria’s state grain agency OAIC has issued an international tender to buy wheat, with a deadline for offers on Monday, European traders said on Saturday.
The tender sought a nominal volume of 50,000 metric tons, they said, though OAIC usually purchases much more in its import tenders. Shipment is required in March if wheat is purchased from Algeria’s main supply zone like Europe, traders added.
Algeria is one of the world’s largest wheat importers. The country has shifted in recent years from French wheat toward cheaper Black Sea origins like Russian wheat, a trend amplified by diplomatic tensions between Paris and Algiers, which have brought French wheat sales to Algeria to a halt since last year.
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Algeria issues wheat import tender, traders say
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Algeria issues wheat import tender, traders say
- The tender sought a nominal volume of 50,000 metric tons
- Algeria is one of the world’s largest wheat importers
Syria evacuates flood-affected residents of displacement camps in Idlib
- Emergency teams conduct drainage operations, clear culverts within camps, reopen more than 25 roads, 30 water channels
- Teams coordinate with Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, Idlib governor’s office to oversee distribution of humanitarian aid
LONDON: Authorities from the Syrian Arab Republic have evacuated dozens of families from six displacement camps in western Idlib in the past two days after severe weather caused flooding and damage.
Raed Al-Saleh, the Syrian minister of emergency and disaster management, said 173 families had been moved from camps in Badama and Khirbet Al-Jouz to temporary shelter centers in Idlib Governorate.
Emergency teams have conducted drainage operations, cleared culverts within the camps, reopened more than 25 roads and 30 water channels, and removed five earthen berms as part of preparation for further weather systems, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency.
They are coordinating with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, and the Idlib governor’s office to oversee the distribution of humanitarian aid.
A rubble removal and road restoration project in Jabal Al-Akrad in the Latakia Governorate has also been initiated to help facilitate residents’ return, the SANA added.
Heavy rainfall in northern and western Syria has resulted in flash floods since Saturday that have swept through areas near seasonal waterways in western Idlib Governorate. The floods have submerged several tents and prompted authorities to evacuate families and open temporary shelters for those displaced.
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