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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...

Algeria’s deadly wildfires Wildfires which killed at least 38 people across northern Algeria have been contained, firefighters said Friday, as volunteers mobilised to help those who lost homes and livelihoods in the tragedy.   "All of the fires have been completely...

UPDATE: At least 26 people were killed and dozens injured Wednesday in forest fires that ravaged parts of northern Algeria, the country's interior minister said. The minister, Kamel Beldjoud, told state television that 24 people lost their lives in fires in El Tarf,...

Flooding and landslides during Niger's rainy season have killed 32 people and affected more than 66,000 since June, authorities in the Sahel state said. Seventeen people died when their homes collapsed and 15 drowned, while 44 were injured, according to the latest...