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Algeria: Guards and one inmate die in freak accident in Bejaia prison
Seven Algerian prison guards and an inmate died of suffocation Wednesday in a septic tank accident at a prison in the country's northeast, justice minister Belkacem Zeghmati said. The men had entered the tank at the Oued Ghir prison outside Bejaia in order to clean...
Algeria: Journalist Abdelhakim Setouane gets six months in prison
A court in Algeria's capital Monday sentenced journalist Abdelhakim Setouane to six months in jail for defamation of a former speaker of the lower house of parliament, his lawyer said. Abdellah Heboul told AFP that the journalist, who has been detained since October...
Algeria: Hirak launches fifth week of anti-regime protest
Pro-democracy protesters took to the streets in Algeria Friday, with authorities making arrests in the capital and dispersing demonstrators in other cities, a rights group and a journalist said. In Algiers, where thousands took part in the weekly Hirak protest...
Algeria: Journalist Drareni heads back to court after Supreme Court orders retrial
By Abdellah Cheballah with Philippe Agret - Prominent journalist Khaled Drareni, a symbol of the struggle for a free press in Algeria, is to face a retrial after the supreme court accepted his lawyers' cassation appeal on Thursday. "The supreme court overturned the...
Moroccan farmers in Algeria’s Laaroda oasis: Victims of a neglected conflict
Moroccan farmers in an isolated oasis on the Algerian border are bearing the brunt of regional tensions after Algiers expelled them from date groves they have worked for generations. The border between the arch-rivals has been closed since 1994, but Algeria had...
Algeria: Hirak movement strengthens, Algerians confirm disconnect with regime
[Photo by Le Mating]- Thousands protested in Algiers Friday to demand press freedom and judicial independence, as the Hirak pro-democracy movement keeps up its weekly demonstrations, despite a ban on gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Hirak protest...
Algeria expels Moroccan farmers from its territory, courtesy Western Sahara crisis
NAJ | 19 March 2021: The Algerian authorities have issued an ultimatum to Moroccan farmers working of the Laaroda Oasis palm grove, located in Beni Ouenif, province of Bechar. The ultimatum was to leave the region by 18 March. AFP reported that the withdrawal happened...
Covid-19 in Algeria: Coping with the pandemic inside a Blida hospital
At a hospital near the Algerian capital, staff say they are "on the verge of burnout" more than a year on from the facility's first coronavirus-related admissions. Blida province has been one of the epicentres of Algeria's novel coronavirus outbreak, and was the site...
Algeria: Earthquake rattles coastal Bejaia, seven people injured
Seven people wounded (NAJ - 18 March 2021) - Residents of Bejaia spent a good part of the night from Wednesday to Thursday outside. The earthquake, which was felt within a radius of 300 km, was felt in 12 provinces. Seven people living in old buildings in Bejaia were...
Algerians reject regime’s political roadmap, insist on deep reforms and no status quo
Video: 12 March 2021 protest in Algiers Protesters demanding the end of the military regime, call generals "traitors" Thousands demonstrated in Algiers on Friday, rejecting early legislative elections announced the day before, as weekly rallies by the resurgent Hirak...
Algeria’s early legislative elections set for 12 June
Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Thursday issued a decree setting June 12 for early legislative elections after he dissolved parliament last month, his office said. Legislative elections were scheduled to be held in 2022, but Tebboune in February dissolved...
Algeria: Protest movement enters third week of rallies as students maintain their Tuesday marches
Hundreds of students and pro-democracy supporters demonstrated in Algiers Tuesday as a revived protest movement enters its third week of rallies. The march made its way through the main streets of the Algerian capital to reach the central post office, AFP journalists...
Algeria: At least seven killed by floods in Chlef
At least seven people died and three were unaccounted for after floods caused by torrential rains in northwestern Algeria, the country's civil protection agency said. Three men, two women, a five-year-old boy and a girl of 12 died after vehicles they were travelling...
Algeria: Momentum builds for pro-democracy Hirak movement, Algerians insist on end of regime
UN urges Algeria to stop attacks on protesters The United Nations on Friday voiced concern about an increasing crackdown on a pro-democracy protest movement in Algeria, highlighting hundreds of arrests in recent weeks and torture allegations. UN rights office...
Algeria: Students resume their anti-regime Hirak movement, with Tuesday rallies
Some 2,000 Algerians, mostly students, rallied against the government Tuesday in defiance of lockdown measures, as their two-year-old pro-democracy protest movement resurges. For the second consecutive week, young protesters accompanied by lecturers and other...
Algeria: Police unleash violence on population in Ouargla after blogger sentenced to seven years in prison
Unrest broke out late Sunday in a southern Algerian town after a blogger and activist was handed a seven-year jail sentence for condoning acts of terrorism, a news website reported. El Watan said protesters burnt tyres and blocked several roads in Ouargla, after a...
Algeria says it released 59 political prisoners but continues to unleash violence on peaceful protesters
Algerian police and biased judicial system still on the hunt The presidential pardon has not stopped the security authorities and the judicial machine from arresting people on the basis of their political views. The Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights...
Algeria’s anti-regime Hirak movement is back
Thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets across Algeria on Friday, as the "Hirak" pro-democracy movement gathers renewed momentum after a year-long hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic. Despite a ban on gatherings over Covid-19, crowds rallied in...
Algerians take back their streets, reaffirm illegitimacy of Tebboune regime
By Abdelhafid Daamache - Thousands marched in Algeria's capital and other cities Monday to mark the second anniversary of the "Hirak" protest movement that forced long-time president Abdelaziz Bouteflika from power. "We are not here to celebrate, but to demand your...
Algeria: President maintains PM and hardliner Justice Minister, signaling unwillingness to reform government
(Photo: Ultra-hardliner Justice Minister Belkacem Zeghmati) - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced a highly anticipated, but ultimately limited, government reshuffle on Sunday, the eve of the second anniversary of a protest movement that is regaining...
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