72,000 new jobs in Algeria, says minister

The Algerian government has created 72,000 new jobs since June, said Algerian Employment Minister Thursday.

• “A total of 72,000 new jobs were created thanks to the National Youth Employment Supporting Agency (ANSEJ) and the National Unemployment Insurance Fund (CNAC),” Tayeb Louh said.
•     Unemployment in Algeria rose up  to 13.8 percent in 2007, from 12.3 percent in 2006, according to the National Office of Statistics.
• Algeria officially launched the process of employing jobless people via professional integration contracts in June 2008. A total of 13,000 public economic corporations offered 65,000 job contracts. 
• Earlier in 2007, Algeria‘s ANSEJ announced that it created 231,000 new jobs nationwide in 2006 through small and middle-seized enterprises.