{"id":61411,"date":"2026-05-30T14:49:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T13:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=61411"},"modified":"2026-05-30T14:49:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T13:49:24","slug":"algeria-dr-congo-energy-hydrocarbon-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=61411","title":{"rendered":"Algeria and Democratic Republic of Congo Forge Strategic Energy Alliance to Boost Hydrocarbon Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Algiers and Kinshasa are strengthening their bilateral energy ties following high-level discussions between Algeria&#8217;s Minister of State and Minister of Hydrocarbons, Mohamed Arkab, and the Minister of State for Hydrocarbons of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Acacia Bandubola Mbongo. The meetings focused on exploring new pathways to bolster cooperation and expand strategic partnerships across various energy sectors.<\/p>\n<p>According to official statements, both sides agreed to maintain continuous consultations and intensify communication between their respective institutions and technical bodies. The ultimate goal is to convert these diplomatic opportunities into concrete, mutually beneficial field projects. The visiting Congolese delegation, which is in Algeria from May 29 to June 3, 2026, includes senior officials from the Congolese Ministry of Hydrocarbons and representatives from the national hydrocarbon company, SONAHYDROC.<\/p>\n<p>This partnership highlights Algeria&#8217;s growing role as a key regional energy hub, leveraging its extensive expertise in oil and gas exploration, refining, and infrastructure development to support African peers in achieving energy independence and developmental progress.<\/p>\n<p><i>This article is powered and original of DZWatch &#8211; Algeria&#8217;s Insight.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algiers and Kinshasa are strengthening their bilateral energy ties following high-level discussions between Algeria&#8217;s Minister of State and Minister of Hydrocarbons, Mohamed Arkab, and the Minister of State for Hydrocarbons of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Acacia Bandubola Mbongo. The meetings focused on exploring new pathways to bolster cooperation and expand strategic partnerships across &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}