Algerian government

Algerian authorities arrested Tunisia's media mogul and former presidential candidate Nabil Karoui, after he entered Algeria secretly and illegally, Tunisian media said. Karoui, the owner of the Nessma…

Algeria and Morocco have cut diplomatic relations citing the action as a hostile actions by its most populous neighbour with which it has had strained relations for decades. Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday in Algiers, Foreign…

Nearly 150 people were hospitalised after swimming on Sunday in seawater suspected to have been polluted at Tenes in northwestern Algeria, a regional official said, quoted by local media. Three beaches and a desalination plant have been…

Algeria's president named Finance Minister Ayman Benabderrahmane as prime minister on Wednesday and asked him to form a new government. The presidency announced his appointment to replace Abdelaziz Djerad, who resigned last week…

Algerian medical experts say they fear next week's reopening of national borders will trigger a new surge in COVID-19 cases despite health measures, as people living abroad rush home to see family. The borders have been mostly closed…

Algeria has kick-started its legislative election campaigns three months after the dissolution of the National People's Assembly (APN) by the embattled President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. The vote has been brought forward after President…

Strikes, unemployment, soaring prices and shortages of basic foodstuffs in Algeria, a boiling social situation is now added to a deep economic crisis caused by the fall in oil revenues and aggravated by the coronavirus pandemic.…

From the French role during the Rwandan genocide to its colonial-era crimes in Algeria and looting of indigenous art, President Emmanuel Macron has gone further than predecessors in recognising some of the darker chapters of his country's…