Some 12,000 school canteens in Algeria have been closed since the start of the school year leaving children with nowhere to go but on to the streets for their...

Algerian sources revealed that ten heads of state were scheduled to visit Algeria this year and have meetings with the President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, yet these visits have been perpetually cancelled....

The Midwives’ Union in Algeria has called for protests today against the standard of healthcare institutions and, mainly, university hospital centres. All midwives are requested to take part. In...

Morocco intends to establish a port in the Western Sahara city of Dakhla, the Interior Minister said last week. Abdelouafi Laftit revealed that the budget for the project will...

Morocco is introducing a plan to reintegrate radicalised detainees who have been convicted on terror charges back into society through the “consecrating citizenship” programme. “DGAPR [General Delegation for Prison...

Algiers is attempting to discard its status as an unsafe country for foreigners to visit in order to develop its tourism industry, according to the Ministry of Tourism. The...

On Thursday, Algeria’s Prime Minister, Ahmed Ouyahia, announced that Islamic banking and financial services are to be approved in two public government banks before the end of this year...

A controversial pamphlet that describes how to “hit your wife” has been described as “useful” by the curator of the International Book Fair of Algiers (SILA). Speaking in an...

The British ambassador to Algeria, Andrew Noble, revealed that a British delegation of 20 heads of hydrocarbon institutions will visit Algeria next Sunday. During a meeting with Tizi Ouzou...

Algerian universities have imposed new regulations concerning students’ dress codes at the beginning of the academic year, which students must respect inside the campus. Wearing make-up, short clothes, and...

A record 29 states, including China, Iran and Saudi Arabia, have retaliated in the past year against citizens who cooperate with the United Nations, the UN human rights office in Geneva...

There is apparently never-ending talk about Article 102 of the Algerian Constitution, which provides for the president to step down in the event that he is incapable of carrying...

Tunisian President, Béji Caid Essebsi received on Monday Commander of the Libyan National Army, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar at the Carthage Palace in Tunis, the Tunisian presidency said in...

Algeria’s newly appointed Prime Minister, Ahmed Ouyahia, said yesterday that his country will emerge from the current financial crisis within three years. The prime minister made the remarks as...

Ministers from the Arab League yesterday called for the UN to unfreeze Libya’s international assets. The ministers called for the release of the funds so they may be used...

Algeria’s Prime Minister, Ahmed Ouyahia, received yesterday the former Egyptian foreign minister, Mohamed El-Orabi, in Algeria where they discussed mutual cooperation on different levels, Asharq Al-Awsat reported. During the...