Algeria Bound

North African governments are once again relying on foreign sources to help them deal with their crises.  After recognizing that their focus on the hydroxychloroquine, supplied by foreign sources, was the wrong approach and led to nowhere, they are now turning their...

Algiers, Aug 24, 2020 - Algeria will hold a promised referendum on a revised constitution on November 1, the office of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced on Monday evening. After "consultations with the parties concerned, it was decided to set the date of 1...

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...