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Algerians vote in parliamentary election

Polls opened in Algeria on Saturday for a parliamentary election that the ruling establishment hopes will turn a page on two years of political unrest, but which many voters are…

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Eni, BP in talks over oil and gas assets in Algeria

BP and Eni are in talks over the future of their oil and gas assets in Algeria as the two groups increase efforts to refocus their businesses to tackle falling…

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Algerian medics fear new infections as borders to reopen

Algerian medics fear next week's reopening of national borders will trigger a new surge in COVID-19 cases despite health measures, as people living abroad rush home to see family. The…

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Algeria to reopen air, land borders on June 1

Algeria will reopen air and land borders on June 1, but strict measures will be imposed to limit the spread of the coronavirus, the presidency announced. Only five flights a…

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Algeria to impose restrictions on street protests

Algeria will bar any protests that do not have prior approval, it said, a move apparently aimed at the weekly mass demonstrations that ousted a veteran president in 2019 but…

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Algerians march in capital for political change

Thousands took to the streets in the Algerian capital Algiers on Friday (April 9), to mark the 112th Friday demonstration of Hirak - a protest movement demanding political changes. "We…

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Three suspected militants killed in Tunisia near Algerian border, official says

Three suspected militants, including an Asian woman‮ ‬and local leader in Islamic State, were killed in Tunisian mountains near the Algerian border‮ ‬in two police operations, a security official said…

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Earthquake of 4.8 magnitude strikes Algeria

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake was registered in Algeria. The earthquake took place at 1630 GMT and was registered by the USGS National Earthquake Information Cente and also registered in Malta's…

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Algeria rattled by strong tremor

A shallow 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the Algerian coast early Thursday morning, the US Geological Survey said. The USGS said the quake hit 20 kilometres north-east of the city…

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Algeria finds 13 with coronavirus variant first seen in Nigeria, 7 with variant tied to Britain

Algeria recorded its first 13 cases of the coronavirus variant first discovered in Nigeria and also tested positive seven other people for the variant first identified in Britain, state research…

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Algeria detects first two cases of UK coronavirus variant

Algeria has recorded its first two cases of the British variant of the coronavirus, state research centre Pasteur Institute announced. Two people, a healthcare employee working at a hospital in…

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Algeria calls early elections

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Thursday announced the dissolution of the lower house of parliament and called early legislative elections. Addressing the nation on state television, Tebboune announced a government…

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Algeria imposes new coronavirus restrictions

Algeria imposed new coronavirus restrictions, closing sport and cultural centres as well as beaches after a spike in infections. The government called on Algerians to fight what it called a…

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Algerian voters shun referendum aimed at ending political crisis

Fewer than one in four Algerian voters took part in Sunday’s constitutional referendum, officials said, despite government efforts to encourage high turnout as part of a strategy to turn the…

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Algeria votes on revised constitution

Polls opened in Algeria on Sunday in a referendum on changes to the constitution pushed by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and the powerful military as a way to turn the page…

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Algerian president Tebboune transferred to German hospital amid Covid-19 fear

Algeria’s president was transferred from hospital in Algiers to Germany on Wednesday, officials said, days after the 74-year-old went into self-isolation following reports of suspected coronavirus cases among his aides.…

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Algeria’s president hospitalised

Algeria’s president has been admitted to a specialised treatment unit in an army hospital, his office said, days before a critical referendum on changes he has pushed to the constitution.…

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U.S. defence chief in rare Algeria visit for talks about Libya

U.S. Secretary of Defence Mark Esper made a rare visit to Algeria on Thursday for talks with the president about war-torn Libya and the troubled Sahel region to the south…

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Algeria eases coronavirus restrictions, including travel curbs and curfew

Algeria said on Saturday it will further ease its coronavirus lockdown, including shortening an overnight curfew, lifting some travel curbs and allowing large mosques to reopen. The North African country…

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4.9-magnitude earthquake shakes Algeria

A 4.9-magnitude earthquake was registered 3 km NNE of Sidi Mérouane, Algeria, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km. So far there have been…

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Algeria suspects actions to destabilise the country

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday ordered an investigation of what the government called planned actions to destabilise the country after a lack of bank liquidity, huge forest fires and…

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Algeria tightens travel restrictions to limit coronavirus infections

Algeria will reimpose travel restrictions on Friday and increase testing in a bid to stop a rise in novel coronavirus infections, the government said. Under the measure, citizens will be…

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Algeria relaxes coronavirus lockdown

Algeria will further relax its coronavirus lockdown on Sunday, easing a curfew, allowing public transport to resume in the cities and reopening some more businesses, the government said on Saturday.…

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Algeria to lift ban on car imports

Algeria will resume car imports, the government said on Sunday, after a ban failed to reduce the import bill, as the North African member of OPEC tries to rein in…

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Occidental Petroleum to continue Anadarko’s investment in Algeria

Algeria has agreed to maintain Anadarko’s contract with state firm Sonatrach, and Occidental Petroleum Corp will continue investment in the OPEC member country, the energy ministry said. Algeria has blocked…

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Libya closes its border with Algeria over coronavirus concerns

Officials in Libya announced the closing of the border with Algeria in an effort to prevent the coronavirus form entering the country. The manager of Libya’s Deb-deb land border with…

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Algeria evacuates Tunisian nationals and Libyan students from China

A plane is expected to arrive in Algeria on Monday with Tunisian, Libyan and Algerian citizens who were evacuated from Wuhan in China due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Algerian…

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Erdogan in Algeria: Libya conflict ‘won’t be solved by military means’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the Libyan crisis could not be solved by "military means", after talks Sunday with his Algerian counterpart in Algiers. Erdogan, accompanied by a high-level…

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Algeria to host six African foreign ministers on Libya conflict

Algeria will host foreign affairs ministers from six northern and sub-Saharan African countries on Thursday to discuss the conflict in Libya. The Algiers meeting of ministers from Egypt, Tunisia, Sudan, Chad,…

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Algeria’s Army Chief dies

Algerian state media says the country’s powerful army chief General Ahmed Gaid Salah has died, at a time of bitter political divisions over the military's dominant role in the major…

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Algerian military chief General Ahmed Gaid Salah has died

Algeria's powerful army chief Ahmed Gaed Salah has died, the private Ennahar television reported on Monday, at a time of bitter political divisions over the military's dominant role in the…

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Tebboune takes oath as new Algerian President

Newly elected Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (R) and interim president Abdelkader Bensalah (L) attend Tebboune’s swearing-in ceremony Algiers, Algeria, 19 December 2019. Tebboune was elected to a five-year term…

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Algeria’s former PM Abdelmadjid Tebboune wins presidential election

Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Algeria's former prime minister, has won the country's presidential election, the electoral commission announced on Friday. Tebboune secured 58% of the vote, enough to prevent a second round.…

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Algeria’s contested presidential election sees historically low turn out

A record six in 10 Algerians abstained from voting in the country's presidential election that was firmly rejected by the nine-month-old protest movement. Just under 40 percent of registered voters…

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Algerians head to polls amid opposition calls to boycott the vote

Algerians vote Thursday in the first elections since popular protests forced longtime leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika from power. The opposition, which is calling for voters to boycott the elections, held a protest in…

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Algeria jails two ex-PMs in landmark corruption trial

An Algerian court jailed two former prime ministers for corruption, two days before a presidential election which protesters want cancelled. Ahmed Ouyahia, who was prime minister four times, received a…

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Two former Algerian prime ministers face ground-breaking corruption trial

Two former Algerian prime ministers went on trial Wednesday on corruption charges, in the most high-profile act of transparency and accountability since a pro-democracy movement pushed out the long-serving president.…

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Algeria registers 22 candidates for presidential election

Algeria's election authority has registered 22 candidates for a December presidential election, including two former prime ministers under former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the official APS agency reported. Former premiers Ali…

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IOM Organizes First Humanitarian Charter Flight from Algeria to Niger

This week, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) organized its first flight for voluntary return from the southern Algerian city of Tamanrasset to Niger’s capital, Niamey, carrying 166 Nigerien nationals,…

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Algeria’s Bouteflika’s brother sentenced to 15 years

The brother of Algeria's deposed former president has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for conspiring against the state and undermining the military. Said Bouteflika was widely seen as…

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Algeria calls presidential elections for December

Algeria will vote for its next president on December 12, interim President Abdelkader Bensalah announced Sunday, calling it "a historic day to make the dreams of our people concrete." The vote will…

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Algeria: Man tries to set himself on fire amid protests pushing for reforms

A man sought unsuccessfully to set himself on fire on Friday as tens of thousands of Algerians rallied to push for reforms and the departure of the ruling elite. For the…

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Wave of arrests in Algeria amid tightened security

The Middle East Monitor reports that Algeria’s security forces launched a campaign of arrests in Algerian capital Algiers after large demonstrations began after Friday prayer. Algerians went out to demonstrate…

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Brother of former Algerian president Bouteflika arrested

Algerian police have arrested Said Bouteflika, the youngest brother of former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and two former intelligence chiefs, Generals Bachir Athmane Tartag and Mohamed Mediene according to a Tunisian…

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Algeria probes illegal money transfers abroad

Algerian state prosecutors on Monday said they had banned corruption suspects from leaving the country after launching probes into graft and illegal money transfers abroad targeting unnamed individuals. The moves…

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Algeria’s ruling FLN party backs protesters

Moab Bouchareb, the acting head of Algeria's governing party, the National Liberation Front, said the party is throwing its support behind protests against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The FLN is Bouteflika's…

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Senior ruling FLN party official says Bouteflika is “history”

More signs are emerging in Algeria that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s time is up after a senior figure in the ruling FLN party said that he was now history. The…

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Algeria’s Bouteflika offers to leave… within one year

Amid the continuing turmoil in Algeria, Reuters reports that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika offered to step down after a year if re-elected. Algeria is facing the biggest protests since the Arab…

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Bouteflika confirms he will seek re-election

Reuters reported that Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika submitted the official papers confirming that he will seek re-election. Even before he did so, Algeria saw the biggest protests in years against…

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Over 180 people injured in Friday’s anti-Bouteflika protests

Reuters reported that a total of 183 people were injured during protests across Algeria on Friday against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for a fifth term in office. These protests were…

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81 year old President Bouteflika urged to consider re-running for election

Earlier this week, Algeria's biggest union Algeria’s urged President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Tuesday to seek a fifth term in office in a further sign that the veteran leader will run in next…

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