Algeria Bound

Algiers, Aug 24, 2020 - An Algerian journalist was sentenced Monday to two years in prison, his lawyer told AFP, in the latest trial of media and pro-democracy figures in the North African country. Abdelkrim Zeghileche, head of a web-based independent radio station,...

Algiers, Aug 23, 2020 - Days ahead of a final deadline, activation of a long-planned Algeria-EU trade deal risks unravelling as political and business leaders in the North African country warn it will undermine economic sovereignty. The deal is meant to come into...

Opec ministers stuck to an agreement to lower oil production at a monthly meeting Wednesday, underlining that only strict compliance could restore stability to prices undermined by the coronavirus pandemic. Ahead of a virtual meeting of OPEC and non-OPEC producers,...

We may have missed this story and reported as a minor event, and in fact, no national newspapers reported it, but thousands of people came out to demonstrate against the Algerian regime on Saturday, 15 August in Kherrata, 60 km east of Bejaia, in what was the first...