Algeria
Former Algerian president Bouteflika given state funeral
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Former Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, ousted in 2019 after mass protests, was given a state funeral on Sunday that…
Algeria’s Ex-President Bouteflika dies at 84
France 24 Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who ruled Algeria for two decades before resigning in 2019 as huge protests engulfed the country, died on…
Why Algeria cut diplomatic ties with Morocco: and implications for the future
The breakup of diplomatic relations between Algeria and Morocco in August is the product of a long history of tension. The two…
Algeria detains 30 people over devastating wildfires
Algeria has detained 30 people, including seven members of a separatist group that the government has declared a terrorist organisation, for involvement…
Algerian court detains Tunisian ex-presidential candidate Karoui
An Algerian court on Saturday ordered former Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui to be placed in custody on a charge of illegally…
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…