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Algeria is committing “acts of physical endangerment” with revenge arrestsF

April 3, 2020 - Reporters Without Borders has accused Algeria's government of taking advantage of the coronavirus epidemic to "settle scores" with independent journalists, including those covering long-running anti-government protests. In a statement co-signed with...

Algeria: Food shortages lead to breaches in social distancing and confinement rulesF

The coronavirus is creating acute shortages of high-consumption foods and commodities. Despite the calls for social distancing, with Algeria ordering a distance of at least one meter between people, there have been mass gatherings of people looking to buy semolina and...

Algeria: Inner-clan warfare continues inside the regime, ex-head of police gets stiff prison sentenceF

Algiers, April 1, 2020 - An Algerian court issued heavy prison sentences Wednesday to a powerful former police chief and his family for illicit gains and misappropriation of land, local media reported. Abdelaghani Hamel, a former national security director-general,...

Sport: Mediterranean Games pushed to 2022 due to Covid-19F

Algiers, March 31, 2020 - The 2021 Mediterranean Games have been postponed a year until 2022 as a result of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, Algeria's sports minister Sid Ali Khaldi said Tuesday. The Games were scheduled for Algeria's second city, Oran, from...

Algeria: Media provocateur, Anis Rahmani, gets five years in prisonF

Algeria: Media provocateur, Anis Rahmani, gets five years in prisonF

Nov 16, 2020

The head of Algeria's top private media group was jailed for five years on Sunday, the company said, the toughest...

Algeria: Covid upsurge prompts Algeria to impose new restrictionsF

Algeria: Covid upsurge prompts Algeria to impose new restrictionsF

Nov 16, 2020

Algeria imposed new coronavirus restrictions Sunday, closing sport and cultural centres as well as beaches after a...

Algeria confirms record low turnout for referendum on a new constitution, approves it anywayF

Algeria confirms record low turnout for referendum on a new constitution, approves it anywayF

Nov 13, 2020

The 23.8-percent turnout was a record low for a major vote in Algeria, with fewer than 15 percent of eligible voters...

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