Algeria Bound

Algeria is readying for a constitutional referendum that the establishment says will usher in a "New Republic" and boost freedoms, but the opposition dismisses as window-dressing by a repressive regime. With a month to go before the November 1 vote, many ordinary...

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper signed a 10-year military cooperation deal with Tunis Wednesday during his first stop on a regional tour, hailing US-Tunisia collaboration over the conflict in neighbouring Libya. The past decade has seen growing cooperation between the...

Algeria's bar association said Monday it would hold a nationwide two-day strike this week to demand "respect for the right to a defence". In a statement, the National Union of Bar Associations urged lawyers to hold a "general strike... to protest against violations of...

An Algerian court on Sunday sentenced to three years in jail a member of the "Hirak" protest movement that forced longtime president Abdelaziz Bouteflika to resign last year, a rights group said. The group, CNLD, lists prisoners of conscience in Algeria. It said...