Algeria Bound

Algeria: IED explosion kills border guard during patrol mission in Tlemcen provinceF

An Algerian border guard was killed and two wounded on Wednesday evening when a bomb went off near the Moroccan border, the defence ministry said Thursday. The home-made device exploded as they passed during a patrol to "secure the borders and tackle organised crime",...
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Western Sahara: Veteran diplomat De Mistura takes on the impossible task of reconciling Algeria and Morocco on Western SaharaF

Algeria urges Morocco to quit W. Sahara buffer zone Algeria, the main backer of Western Sahara's Polisario Front independence movement, called on Morocco Thursday to withdraw from a key buffer zone, after the United Nations named a new envoy. The UN on Wednesday named...
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Algeria: Prison time piles against former government leaders over more corruptionF

Two detained former prime ministers under Algeria's longtime ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika were handed additional prison sentences on Monday for corruption, local media reported. Ahmed Ouyahia and Abdelmalek Sellal were sentenced to six and five years respectively...
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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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