Corruption Gale Hits Sonatrach, Algerian State Oil
Corruption Gale Hits Sonatrach, Algerian State Oil Corruption Gale Hits Sonatrach, Algerian State Oil Algerian state-owned Sonatrach, is being hit by a gale of corruption. Over the past two to three months, it has been wallowing in corruption allegation after another. A report by Menas Associates last November said the fire at the El Merk oil field in October raised questions about nepotism in regard to the appointment of Yamina Hakkar, wife of Sonatrach CEO Toufik Hakkar, to head the Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) department and what responsibility she may have had for this and...