Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Friday dismissed two senior generals, the presidency said, a fresh upheaval in the OPEC oil producer’s power structure ahead of a presidential election next...

There were significant military movements and reinforcements following suspicions of the infiltration of a terrorist group into the Algerian territory today. Activity focused on The border between Tunisia and...

Tens of thousands of Algerian nationals have applied for the French citizenship in the last year and a half, local media reported. As many as 70,000 Algerians applied for...

Caesarean deliveries in Algerian hospitals and obstetric clinics have been increasing year after year. This fact has led the World Health Organisation (WHO) to issue a warning to Algeria about...

Algerian police yesterday arrested a number of political and human rights activists and journalists who protested in central Algiers against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s bid for re-election for a fifth...

Tunisian Defence Minister Abdelkarim Zbidi met with Algerian Ambassador to Tunisia, Abdelkader Hajjar to discuss security issues especially along their shared border. The pair have established close military exchanges...

Political parties in Algeria have reached a consensus regarding whether or not ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika should be allowed to serve a fifth term, the leader of the Algeria...

The Algerian Ministry of National Defence has witnessed an unprecedented record number of high school and university graduates who applied to join the army only ten days after online...

Three Turkish ships on Monday docked back in Turkey after nearly a decade held at a port in Algeria. The ships were detained over alleged illegal fishing, according to Algeria’s...

MEMO attended the 31st African Union Summit held in Nouakchott, Mauritania and talked with Niger's president, Mahamadou Issoufou

Algeria will continue to strengthen “brotherly relations, solidarity and neighbourliness” with Morocco, the Algerian President, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, said yesterday. Bouteflika’s remarks came in a telegraph which he had sent...

Algerian Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Ahmed Gaid Salah responded to an invitation from an Islamist party to praise what it called a democratic transition in the country, Thursday, by saying...

In the first half of this year alone, 1,510 people had been killed in Algeria and 11,507 injured in road traffic accidents, according to the Algerian National Centre for...

Algeria’s Movement of Society for Peace (MSP) has invited both the National Liberation Front (FLN) and the National Rally for Democracy (RND) to discuss “a National Accord” which would...

Two Palestinians were found dead in an apartment in Algeria yesterday, with mixed reports as to the cause of their deaths. The pair, who were originally from Khan Yunis...

Scores of citizens protested in Morocco and Algeria, Sunday, to demand open borders between the countries. According Anadolu, dozens of Moroccans gathered in front of Zouj Beghal border crossing...

The Russian ambassador to Algeria, Igor Belyaev, revealed that about half of the Russian weapons sold in Africa were bought by Algeria. In an exclusive interview with the Russian...

An Algerian man accused of recruiting an American woman known as “Jihad Jane” in 2009 and who originally pleaded not guilty to a US charge of supporting terrorism, is...

The leader of the extreme right-ring National Rally party in France, Marine Le Pen, has called on the authorities to take punitive measures against Algeria due to its refusal...

Government officials from Algeria and Tunisia met in Tunis on Wednesday to discuss ways to secure their common border. The move followed an attack on a patrol of the...

Algeria is continuing to abandon hundreds of African migrants in the Sahara Desert, despite the expulsions seeming to cease since a shocking Associated Press report last month. Giuseppe Loprete,...

Algeria’s foreign exchange reserves declined to $94.53 billion at the end of March, according to data from the Bank of Algeria. The foreign exchange reserves, excluding gold, were estimated...

The Algerian army launched a military operation in three border provinces with Tunisia in order to “prevent the infiltration of terrorists during their pursuit by the Tunisian security forces”....

Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iran, Turkey, Qatar and Egypt have been ranked among the 25 most powerful countries in the world by the US News and World Report....

In light of the controversy over the French embassy in Algeria’s decision to reject several application files of the Schengen visa granted to the Algerians, Frances’ ambassador to Algeria,...

King Mohammed VI of Morocco has stressed his “keen interest” in continuing to work with Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to upgrade relations between their two countries. “Morocco,” wrote the...

Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdelkader Messahel said there was no international and political pressure to get Algeria involved in the war against terrorism in the region. Messahel told...

The French Embassy in Algeria yesterday condemned a recent video showing a number of French nationals burning the Algerian flag. In an official statement, the embassy stressed that the...

A founding member of Rachad Movement and former diplomat, Mohamed Larbi Zitout, said that “the Algerian regime will European demands to establish a centre for African migrant refugees. The immigration...

Algeria and Tunisia are considering joining Morocco in a joint North African bid to host the 2030 World Cup, government officials said. Morocco last month lost out to a joint North American...

Gaza-bound Swedish boats arrive in Italy

Russia and Saudi Arabia will face “dire consequences” if they increase their oil production, the head of the state energy firm said. “Member nations of the Organisation of Petroleum...