Algeria Bound

The public prosecutor asked a judge in Algiers to sentence Kamel Chikhi, known as "El Bouchi" (the Butcher), to 10 years in prison and a fine of one million dinars, in an illegal real estate development case.  El Bouchi became known after the authorities seized...

The Algerian legal system has resumed its anti-corruption campaign with the arrest this week of several business tycoons and the launch of new investigations on former officials. The dizzying pace of the on going anti-corruption campaign is likely part of a clan...

The Algerian ministry of health said the country has recorded its first case of coronavirus. The announcement was made on public television on Tuesday, 25 February. Minister of Health Abderrahmane Benbouzid said the infected person is an Italian national who arrived...

Algiers, Feb 24, 2020 - An Algerian prosecutor is seeking a year's prison sentence for Fodil Boumala, a leading figure in the country's protest movement, an advocacy group said Monday. Boumala, a former state TV journalist who in 2011 co-founded an opposition group,...