Tag: Algeria

Algeria election may be postponed, protests continue

ALGIERS: Algeria’s imminent presidential election looks likely to be postponed, a source said on Friday, as protesters returned to the streets for the 13th...

Tens of thousands of Algerians protest against Bouteflika

ALGIERS: Tens of thousands of Algerians defied heavily deployed riot police on Friday and resumed mass protests against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika posing the biggest...

Algeria’s Islamist opposition urges national consensus on economic reform

  ALGIERS: Algeria must build a national consensus to undertake deep economic reforms and end its dependency on volatile gas and oil revenues, the new...

Algeria calls for “continental strategy” to counter terrorism financing

ALGIERS: Algeria on Monday urged African countries to draw up a continental strategy to counter terrorism financing in its different forms. The pledge was made at...

Man arrested for vandalising naked woman sculpture in Algeria

Algerian Police on Wednesday arrested a man after he chiseled off the face and breasts of a 120-year-old French sculpture of a naked woman in Algeria’s...

What will Trump’s North Africa policy look like?

“If Tunisia receives assistance, it will be given mainly to support Tunisia’s armed forces, security units.” Africa had been largely absent from the debates and...