Algeria
Algeria arrest Tunisia’s former presidential candidate Nabil Karoui
Algerian authorities arrested on Sunday Tunisia's media mogul and former presidential candidate Nabil Karoui, after he entered Algeria secretly and illegally, Tunisian…
Algeria to allow more international flights
Algeria will increase the number of international flights it allows from Aug. 28, partly to help repatriate Algerians stuck abroad since air…
Algeria says cutting diplomatic ties with Morocco
ALGIERS, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Algeria is cutting diplomatic relations with Morocco, Foreign Minister Ramdane Lamamra said on Tuesday at a news…
Algerian villagers grapples with wildfire aftermath
When Algeria's deadly wildfires tore through the forest around their village, brothers Khelaf and Lyazid Tazibt could only hustle their families out…
Algeria accuses groups it links to Morocco, Israel of setting wildfires
Algeria blamed devastating wildfires this month on two groups it recently designated as terrorist organisations, adding that one of them was backed…
North Africa Fires Spread to Libya and Tunisia
As unusually hot weather persists over parts of Northern Africa, new forest fires reportedly have broken out in Tunisia and Libya during…
Algeria leader calls wildfires ‘disaster’, says 22 arsonists arrested
Algeria has arrested 22 people suspected of being behind the most devastating wildfires in the country's history that killed 65 people, President…
At least 65 killed in Algerian wildfires, Greece and Italy burn
Exhausted Greek firefighters battled blazes for a ninth day on Wednesday amid sweltering temperatures that also helped stoke wildfires in Algeria, where…
Wildfire rips through Algeria, killing 42 people including soldiers
Forest fires in Algeria killed 42 people on Tuesday, including 25 soldiers deployed to help put out the blaze, the government said,…
Algeria plans to sell stakes in state banks, firms
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune ordered his government to sell stakes in state companies and banks, the presidency said, part of long-awaited economic…
Former head of Algeria’s Sonatrach to face trial over corruption
The United Arab Emirates extradited a former chief of Algeria’s state oil and gas company Sonatrach to face trial over alleged involvement…
Algeria’s foreign exchange reserves drop to $44 bln
Algeria's foreign exchange reserves currently stand at $44 billion, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said on Sunday. That marks a rise from $42 billion…