Algeria Bound

UPDATE: At least 26 people were killed and dozens injured Wednesday in forest fires that ravaged parts of northern Algeria, the country's interior minister said. The minister, Kamel Beldjoud, told state television that 24 people lost their lives in fires in El Tarf,...

Morocco called Tuesday for a return to regional roundtable talks on a peace deal over the Western Sahara, a format rejected by neighbouring Algeria which says it masks the nature of the conflict. Morocco's top diplomat Nasser Bourita made the comments in a statement...

Algerian state energy firm Sonatrach announced Thursday it had concluded a three-year deal with French group Engie on the price of gas it delivers through an undersea pipeline. Sonatrach and Engie reached "agreement in Algiers regarding the gas contract through the...

An Algerian lawmaker has been jailed for three years for trying to help his daughter cheat on a school maths exam, the APS state news agency said Tuesday. A local police chief, a school principal and another person were handed the same sentence in a ruling late...