Algerian

Rights groups in Algeria have created a new committee to fight against abuse of prisoners after claims this month by 25-year-old protester Walid Nekkiche he was beaten and raped by security forces while in custody. The committee says it…

An Algerian supporter of the Hirak protest movement was sentenced to three years in jail on Monday for satirical social media posts mocking the government and religion. Walid Kechida, 25, was accused of insulting President Abdelmadjid…

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has returned home after a two-month stay in Germany, where he was treated with Covid-19, ending a long period of uncertainty in a country facing a health, political and economic crisis. Tebboune…

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has announced that he "will soon return home" from his recovery process in Germany following contracting COVID-19 in October. The announcement came in a five-minute video Tebboune posted on his…