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Two armed alleged jihadists have been shot dead in an "anti-terrorist" operation led by national guard and army units in southern Tunisia, the interior ministry said Saturday. The two "terrorists" were killed in the mountainous area of Orbata in Gafsa, the ministry...

(By Amal Belalloufi with Aymeric Vincenot) - Algerians descended on the capital in huge numbers Friday and called for "civil disobedience" for the first time in their months-long anti-regime campaign, despite a heavy police presence. "Civil disobedience is coming!"...

Algiers, Aug 1, 2019 - Algeria's judiciary has refused to provisionally release a well-known independence war veteran detained for allegedly insulting the army, his lawyers said. Lakhdar Bouregaa, 86, was arrested at the end of June for "insulting a state body" and...

Algiers, July 30, 2019 - Algeria's powerful army chief Tuesday ruled out accepting any pre-conditions to launching talks to end the country's political crisis, saying there was "no more time to lose". Algerians have taken to the streets every Tuesday and Friday since...