Algeria’s President Abdelmajid Tebboune appointed a new commander for the National Gendarmerie Forces on Tuesday. Major General Nour Al-Jadin Qawasimia will be in charge of investigating corruption cases that...

Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune yesterday stressed his country’s unwavering aspiration for closer, good, neighbourly ties with Morocco. This came in a congratulatory telegram sent to the Moroccan monarch, King...

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,...

The coronavirus pandemic continued to claim lives across the Middle East and North Africa on Saturday. Below is a summary of deaths and confirmed cases, as reported by Anadolu...

Saudi Foreign Minister, Faisal Bin Farhan, arrived in Algeria yesterday evening following a visit to Egypt. The surprise visit came amid official discretion on both sides about its agenda...

More than 400 migrants have made the perilous journey to the Spanish coast on dozens of boats over a 24 period in an effort to escape the political and...

Libyan writer and Islamic historian, Ali Al-Sallabi, who is a member of the International Association of Muslim Scholars (IAMS), warning against effort to arm Libyan tribes. Al-Sallabi stressed the...

Algeria expects its oil and gas revenue to fall to $23 billion this year from $33 billion in 2019, energy minister Abdelmadjid Attar told state radio on Tuesday. OPEC member Algeria’s...

Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune on Sunday revealed that his country has an initiative for a solution to the Libyan crisis that has been accepted by the UN and that...

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune yesterday vowed to “tighten lawful penalties against any aggressor on the national medical personnel”, local media has reported. “As a citizen, I find our doctors...

Three French police officers have been charged with manslaughter of a delivery driver after a coroner ruled he died of asphyxia and a broken larynx. Police stopped 42-year-old father...

The court of Sidi M’hamed in Algiers yesterday sentenced car tycoon Mahieddine Tahkout to 16 years imprisonment and a fine of eight million dinars ($62,245) for corruption. The court...

Lawyer Amine Bin Carouada yesterday denied reports that his client, Algeria’s former Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia, has died. Bin Carouada told the local Radio M station that the reports were unfounded....

Algeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs has said that his country opposes Libya’s division under any circumstances, Anadolu news agency reported on Sunday. Sabri Boukadoum stressed that Algeria is keen...

Former Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia has said that he does not regret the decisions that he made when in office, and that he would do the same again...

Algerian officials are working on an economic recovery plan which will help the country tackle the crisis it is facing as a result of the drop in global oil...

Last week, the skulls of 24 freedom fighters were returned to Algeria by the French government. The 24 men were killed in 1849 during the French colonial occupation of...

The skulls of 24 Algerian freedom fighters, who resisted French colonialism in the middle of the 19th century, arrived in Algiers on Sunday. An emotional official and popular reception...

A prominent Algerian dissident called on Monday for the government in Algiers to engage in a “real political process”, local media have reported. Karim Tabou also called for the...

Algeria welcomed home the fighters’ remains on Friday after more than 170 years in France

The president of Algeria said Saturday he would welcome an initiative to end a decades-long cold war with Morocco, Anadolu reports. “If they think an initiative should be taken,...

Algeria has released key protest movement leader Karim Tabbou and 3 other activists as independence day approaches

An Italian Member of the European Parliament (MEP) has accused the Algerian government of “suppressing” the indigenous Amazigh community in the Kabylie region following the passing of two laws...

An Algerian quote yesterday sentenced two former prime ministers to 12 years in prison and fined them around $10,000 each on corruption charges in a case tied to the...

Algeria’s state-owned oil company, Sonatrach, yesterday announced that it had signed a contract with the Italian company Eni to market the production of three gas fields in the south-east...

Consultations to amend the Algerian constitution are ongoing and the past three months of debate have produced more than 1,500 proposals to amend the new constitution, most of which...

Algerian authorities are planning to build a military base on the country’s western border with Morocco, according to local media. Echorouk and TSA were among the media organisations that reported the news...

The Court of Sidi M’hamed in Algiers issued a verdict on Wednesday on the car assembly plant case involving former Prime Ministers Ahmed Ouyahia and Abdelmalek Sellal, former ministers...

Algeria named new energy and finance ministers on Tuesday, following a big fall in revenue for the major oil and gas producer after years of budget deficits. Abdelmadjid Attar,...

Algeria’s Movement of the Society of Peace has outlined reservations it has over amendments being discussed on the draft constitution. In an article on its website, the party’s head, Abderrazak Makri,...

The head of Libya’s internationally-recognized government on Saturday arrived in Algeria in an official visit to discuss the ongoing conflict in his country. According to the official Algerian TV network, Prime...

The Al-Qaeda organisation in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) confirmed in an audio recording the murder of its leader, Abdelmalek Droukdel, who was killed by French forces at the beginning...