Algeria Bound

Critical incident tracking firm MEA Risk LLC said on 2 March, a military sweeping operation in Tafassour, province of Sidi Belabbes, in northwest Algeria, south of the city of Oran, resulted in a clash between an army patrol and insurgents. One soldier and an...

Algiers, March 1, 2020 - An Algerian court on Sunday acquitted Fodil Boumala, a key figure in a protest movement that has rocked the country for over a year, his lawyer told AFP.  "He has been acquitted. He will go home today," said Zoubida Assoul, a lawyer for the...

Algiers, Feb 27, 2020 - The son of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been acquitted in a high-profile corruption case in which a prominent businessman was sentenced to prison, the national radio reported Thursday. Khaled Tebboune had been in pre-trial...

Lagos, Feb 28, 2020 - Nigeria reported the first new coronavirus case in sub-Saharan Africa on Friday, as global stock markets tanked on deepening fears of a pandemic and the World Health Organization warned against the "fatal mistake" of complacency. The virus has...