Algeria forms new government

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Wednesday named a new government, with the energy and finance ministers from the previous administration both retaining their jobs, the presidency announced.

Designated last week as prime minister to replace Abdeaziz Djerad, Ayman Benabderrahmane, who was finance minister in the former government, will remain in charge of finance, while Mohamed Arkab kept his job as energy minister, the presidency declared in a statement read out by a spokesman on state television.