<span style="color: #222222;">Algeria's president says the government will introduce unemployment benefits for young adults as the country struggles with high rates of joblessness.<br />''<br />''President Abdelmadjid Tebboune told journalists that the payments to jobseekers aged 19 to 40 would begin in March.<br />''<br />''Those who are eligible will be able to collect the payments of about $100 a month, as well as some medical benefits, until they find work.<br />''<br />''Making the announcement, Mr Tebboune said that Algeria was the first country outside Europe to introduce such a benefit.<br />''<br />''He added that there were now more than 600,000 unemployed in Algeria.</span><br />