Middle East and North Africa: Pension: Global Action on Aging

Algeria: Algeria Improves Level of Pensions (28 December 2011)

(Article in French)

With a majority of monthly pensions not exceeding 13,000 dinars (132 euros), retired Algerians often find it difficult to put it together at the end of the month. The September tripartite promised to address the issue of pensions, but took no action. Now with the decision of the Cabinet to increase pensions by up to 30 percent, retirees can finally breath. While this change will clearly improve the lives of seniors financially, they still complain about the lack of activities that could enable them to enrich their social life.

Algeria: The Algerian Government Revalues Pensions and Reviews the Public Procurement Code (December 19, 2011)

(Article in French)

The Algerian government has announced an increase of 15,000 dinars (150 €) of all pensions and retirement allowances below this amount, affecting 2,400,000 employees and non-retired employees. This measure will be implemented in January 2012 and will cost the state 63 billion dinars (630 million €) each year.

Algeria: Retirees Keep Brooding (November 8, 2011)
(Article in French)

More and more Algerian retirees live in poverty on a daily basis, 546,000 of them receiving a pension worth less than 15,000 dinars per month. Inflation pushes seniors to borrow money to meet basic needs. The only food they can afford if they want to be able to pay their bills is bread and milk, and to reduce their spending, they often have to share their accommodation, sometimes finding themselves living with up to 12 people in the same narrow dwelling. In addition, some retirees who were expelled from the home provided by their former employer are forced to sleep in the street. They now gather to protest, asking the government to help them because they sacrificed themselves for their country.

Algeria: Demanding a 40% Raise in Pension (October 8, 2011)
(Article in Arabic)
The General Union of Algerian Workers demanded a raise in pensions by 40 percent. The Secretary General of Algeria, told the press that the results of the International Symposium on the work meeting which was held in June in Geneva that there will be an increase in the pension as the workers demanded.

Algeria: Revaluation, "Forgotten" Category: Retirees Have High Expectations of Tripartite (September 19, 2011)
(Article in French)
Algerian retirees are holding their breath until the tripartite meeting on September 29 when the question of pensions and a national minimum wage will be addressed. Older people are delighted with the possible increase of pension payments. However, their attention is focused on the eventuality of an update of the pensions awarded before 1996 and on the future of retired self-employed persons, who consider themselves a marginalized part of the Algerian population.

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