Algeria

Key Algeria rights group ordered shut

Algiers – Algeria has ordered one its most prominent rights groups be disbanded, the organisation said on Sunday, confirming... Read more

23 Jan, 2023

Algiers – A former Algerian energy minister was sentenced in absentia on Thursday to 20 years in prison for... Read more

20 Jan, 2023

Algiers – An Algerian businessman and activist imprisoned for urging a boycott of the country’s 2019 presidential election was... Read more

19 Jan, 2023

Tunis – Rights group Amnesty International urged Algeria on Tuesday to immediately release prominent jailed journalist Ihsane El Kadi,... Read more

18 Jan, 2023

Rabat – Morocco on Saturday decried “provocative” acts and “transgressions” at the opening of a regional football tournament in... Read more

15 Jan, 2023

Dakhla Refugee Camp – The Polisario movement, which seeks independence in disputed Western Sahara, started meeting on Friday for... Read more

14 Jan, 2023

Rabat – Morocco on Thursday decided to take part in the African Nations Championship (CHAN) despite earlier insisting they... Read more

13 Jan, 2023

Paris – President Emmanuel Macron has said he will not “ask forgiveness” from Algeria for French colonisation but hopes... Read more

13 Jan, 2023

Algiers – An Algerian policeman shot a teenage boy who later died when a gang tried to stop officers... Read more

11 Jan, 2023

Algiers – Seventeen people died in Algeria in several cases of carbon monoxide poisoning overnight, emergency services said on... Read more

11 Jan, 2023