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Algeria: Purge of former regime operatives continuesF

This week, Algeria experienced a series of court decisions that have accelerated the fight against corruption. Sentences have been issued and new arrests were made. But the focus on the Bouteflika-era ministers and senior figures is evidence that the campaign is...

Algeria: Iconic opposition activist Karim Tabbou gets one-year suspended sentenceF

Algerian opposition activist Karim Tabbou, a key figure in anti-government protests last year, was given a one-year suspended sentence on Monday for "undermining national security", one of his lawyers said.   A court in Kolea, near Algiers, also ordered Tabbou to pay...

Algeria alleges and decries ransom payment to ‘terrorists’ by foreign governmentF

Algeria's prime minister has sounded the alarm over reported ransoms paid to "terrorist groups" for the freeing of hostages, weeks after the liberation of a French aid worker in Mali. "Algeria notes, with great concern, continued transfers to terrorist groups of huge...

Algeria: Four die in military-insurgent clashes in northeast AlgeriaF

An Algerian soldier was killed Wednesday during a clash with armed Islamists in the country's northeast, the defence ministry said in a statement. Lelmaya Sifeddine was killed "during a new clash with a terrorist group" during an ongoing operation in the province of...

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