Algeria Bound

Algeria: Retired General Ali Ghediri gets four years in prison for “undermining army morale”F

An Algiers court on Thursday sentenced a former presidential candidate and retired general to four years in prison for undermining army morale, the official APS news agency reported. Ali Ghediri had said he would stand in Algeria's April 2019 election against longtime...
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Algeria’s first post-Bouteflika leader, interim President Abdelkader Bensalah, dies aged 79F

Veteran Algerian politician Abdelkader Bensalah, who served briefly as interim president after his mentor Abdelaziz Bouteflika was forced to resign in 2019, died Wednesday aged 79, the president's office said.  His death after what friends said was a long illness came...
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Algeria closes airspace to all Moroccan planesF

By Abdellah Cheballa: Algeria said Wednesday it has closed its airspace to all Moroccan planes due to "provocations and hostile practices" by its neighbour, in the latest dispute between the countries at odds mainly over Western Sahara.  The move comes after Algeria...
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Algeria buries ex-president Bouteflika in muted funeralF

By Abdellah Cheballah with Francoise Kadri in Tunis: Algeria on Sunday buried Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the North African country's longest-serving president, at a cemetery for its independence heroes, but without the honours accorded to his predecessors.   Bouteflika...
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