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By Sofiane Alsaar As it prepares to expand to serve a population now exceeding 20 million, the Cairo metro has recruited Egypt's first female train drivers, a novelty in a country where few women have formal jobs. Since April, commuters on the network's newest line...

Nine people have been killed in a collision between a bus and a fuel tanker in southeast Algeria, the civil defence said on Sunday. The crash, in which six other people were injured, happened Saturday night in Illizi, a statement said, without identifying the cause of...

More than 10 percent of a UNESCO-listed biosphere reserve has been destroyed by fires that tore through northeastern Algeria, killing at least 38 people, an expert told AFP on Saturday. The figure cited by Rafik Baba Ahmed, former director of the El Kala Biosphere...

French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Algeria next week in a bid to improve strained ties between Paris and Algiers, the French presidency said in a statement Saturday. "This trip will contribute to deepening the bilateral relationship looking to the future......