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Spiking sea crossings on makeshift boats lead to increase of undocumented Algerian migrants arriving in Spain and others drowning at sea The North Africa Journal - In just a few days, more than 1,100 Algerian undocumented migrants known in Algeria as Harragas have...

200 people admitted in hospitals after bathing in polluted beach Nearly 200 people were hospitalised briefly after swimming on Sunday in seawater suspected to have been polluted at Tenes in northwestern Algeria, local authorities and media said. Three beaches and a...

Tunisia virus situation catastrophic: health ministry Tunisia's health system has "collapsed" under the weight of the Covid-19 pandemic, the health ministry spokeswoman said on Thursday, describing the virus's affect on the country as "catastrophic". On Tuesday alone,...

Algerian authorities arrested the head of an opposition party for allegedly insulting President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and other charges, his wife and rights groups said on Thursday.  Fethi Ghares, 47, coordinator for the small leftist Democratic and Social Movement...