The Turkish Embassy in Algeria has denied allegations on local news websites that it is interfering in the internal affairs of the country, Anadolu has reported. Claims have been...
Algerian Ambassador to Ankara Murad Ajabi has called on Turkish businesspeople to invest in his country, promising that it could bring about distinctive commercial potential to both countries. In...
Nine French MPs have called on President Emmanuel Macron to provide data and maps about nuclear waste sites in Algeria, agencies reported yesterday. The French conducted nuclear tests in...
Minister of Communication and official government spokesperson, Ammar Belhimer, on Wednesday accused foreign parties of: "Using the new Hirak protest movement as a means to wage war against Algeria."...
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News Algeria's anti-corruption body has summoned 13 governors who help positions during Abdelkader Zoukh's term as governor of the capital within the framework of the case linked to an Algerian...
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News Security services in Algeria found billions in the possession of Ayoub Belkacemi, who faked being an adviser to the President of the Republic when they raided his home, the...
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News Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Tuesday issued a warning to the Hirak protest movement calling for reforming the country's political system, stressing that the authorities will not tolerate the...
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News The Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, has reiterated his country's call on Algeria to sit at the negotiating table over the Western Sahara...
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has called on France to return archives dating back to the Ottoman era, smuggled out of the country during the French colonial era from 1830...
Algeria's oldest opposition party, the Socialist Forces Front (FFS), announced on Saturday its decision to boycott the early legislative elections scheduled for 12 June. The statement said: "The elections...
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News The military court in the city of Blida, north of Algeria, has sentenced former Director-General of Internal Security General Wassini Bouazza to 16 years in prison. Bouazza, who was...
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News Algeria's Ministry of the Interior has revealed that the country has lost 500,000 jobs as a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic. The total does not include the losses...
Algeria's military court has issued four international arrest warrants against the former national gendarmerie commander, Brigadier General Ghali Belkecir, in light of his involvement in three corruption cases, while...
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News![Police officers block the road as Algerian anti-government protesters take the streets of the capital Algiers within "Hirak" pro-democracy movement demonstrations in Algeria on 1 March 2021. [Mousaab Rouibi - Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/20210302_2_47129645_63000370.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
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In a televised speech on 11 March, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune dissolved the lower house of parliament, the People's National Assembly, triggering new legislative elections. However, he did not...
A court in Algiers on Sunday issued international arrest warrants against four activists based abroad on charges of joining a terrorist group. They were issued against former diplomat residing...
Reporters Without Borders on Wednesday called on the Algerian authorities to open an investigation into violence targeting journalists covering demonstrations in Algiers. The non-governmental organisation announced in a statement:...
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News A Russian military official on Wednesday denied manufacturing Su-34 fighters for the Algerian Air Force this year. The Russian Sukhoi SU-34 fighter is among the latest additions to the...
Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune yesterday dismissed the Director-General of National Security, Khalifa Ounissi, who was replaced by Farid Zainuddin Bin Sheikh. The Ministry of the Interior made the announcement...
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News The Algerian authorities on Tuesday initiated an exceptional review of electoral lists in preparation for early legislative election scheduled for June. The announcement follows an earlier decision by President...
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News The volume of global food waste reached 931 million tonnes in 2019, 40 million of which originated in the Arab world, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced in a report...
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Yemen About 51,000 jobs were lost in the Algerian market during 2020 due to the closure of factories after the imposition of coronavirus restrictions and due to political factors, the...
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News The authorities in Algeria have scheduled the evacuation of dozens of Moroccan farmers in the border area near the province of Figuig for Thursday. The farms owned by Moroccan...
Algerian President Abelmadjid Tebboune has set June 12 for early legislative elections, the presidency said on Thursday, after announcing the dissolution of the lower house of parliament last month,...
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News![Morocco's Prime Minister Saad Eddine El Othmani delivers a speech during a meeting of Moroccan political parties on April 9, 2018, in Laayoune, the former capital of Western Sahara [FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GettyImages-943734646-scaled-e1615378615979.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
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Though relations between the "brotherly countries" have never been without hiccups, Morocco and Algeria's chilly ties have given way to open hostility over the past few months. The main...
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Khalil Bin Al-Din The Algerian government is studying a draft bill which will allow citizenship to be stripped from anyone living abroad who the authorities in Algiers believe is acting against the...
France announced yesterday that researchers and historians will get easier access to classified government documents, especially those related to the controversial Algeria war, Anadolu news agency reported. The French...
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has ratified a new electoral law that adopts an open list system for the first time in the country, Arabic Post has reported. Media sources...
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News The government in Algeria is looking at a controversial law which could, if passed, be used to strip citizenship from opposition figures in exile. The move has been proposed...
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Jehan Alfarra Algeria is home to a plethora of jaw-dropping and hidden gems that showcase its long and rich history
The Criminal Court of the Algerian capital on Friday sentenced a former assistant to the director-general of national security for the murder of his chief in 2010, reported Algeria...
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News A report issued by The Africa Report has shed light on the major arms race between Morocco and Algeria, after former US President Donald Trump recognised Morocco's sovereignty over...
Algeria plans for the first time to deprive of nationality citizens who commit acts abroad that are liable to "seriously damage the interests of the state or harm the...
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