News Algeria Politics: Algeria votes to declare French colonization a crime and demands restitution
Algerian legislators have declared France's colonization a crime, demanding restitution for property taken during its 130-year rule.
News Algeria Politics: Algeria briefly blocked internet after online call to oust army
A number of African countries have resorted to blocking the internet for political and security purposes. Algeria has in the recent past blocked online access during the revolution that toppled Boutef
News Algeria Politics: Algeria's interim president abruptly sacks justice minister amid political upheaval
Algeria's interim president has sacked the country's justice minister, following an investigation into key figures of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's administration, Algerian state television ...
News Algeria Politics: Algeria goes from political upheaval to footballing triumph
It may have been inelegant, but Algeria’s victory over Senegal in the Africa Cup of Nations final was well deserved. As the first time the nation has won the cup since it hosted the tournament in 1990 ...
News Algeria Politics: Algeria victory in African Cup final fuels Hirak
With Algerians continuing to protest the political elite, the state tried to win points by co-opting the national fervor over soccer, which is intrinsically linked to the Hirak movement, subsidizing travel to shuttle fans to see the national team play in the Confederation of African Football final in Cairo.
News Algeria Politics: AFCON 2019: Algerian fans switch their focus from politics to football
Algeria’s African Cup of Nations final against Senegal will mark the climax not only of the Desert Foxes’ campaign on the field but of their fans’ recent political campaign in the stands. ...
News Algeria Politics: Algeria: Political Figures to Lead Government’s Dialogue with Protest Movement
Algerian activists from dozens of associations and organizations held several meetings which resulted in suggesting various figures to mediate the upcoming rounds of dialogue between the government ...
News Algeria Politics: Algerian fans switch their Friday focus from politics to football
Algeria's African Cup of Nations final against Senegal will mark the climax not only of the Desert Foxes' campaign on the field, but of their fans' recent political campaign in the stands. In April, long-standing president Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned after weekly Friday protests against
News Algeria Politics: Algeria: Head of State, Bedoui Examine Country's Political, Social Situation
Head of State Abdelkader Bensalah received Tuesday Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui who made, as part of following up the government's work, a presentation on the country's political, economic and social situation, said a communiqué of the Presidency of the Republic.
News Algeria Politics: Campaign to Reopen Moroccan-Algerian Border Emerges after Algeria’s CAN Qualification
Morocco closed the border following a 1994 Islamist militant attack in Marrakesh, which it blamed on Algeria's secret service, and the border region remains tense. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal (MOROCCO - ...
News Algeria Politics: Oscars: Algeria Picks 'Papicha' for Best International Film Category
Algeria has been nominated four times for the Oscar in what used to be called the foreign-language category. Costa-Gavras' political thriller Z, which won in 1969, is the country's sole Oscar winner. ...
News Algeria Politics: Algeria Army Chief Says 'Certain Parties' Seeking Constitutional Vacuum
Algeria's army chief of staff Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaed Salah on Tuesday accused some parties of favoring a constitutional vacuum in order to prolong the country's political crisis. Veteran leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika stepped down as president on April 2 following two months of mass protests that demanded democratic reforms and the prosecution of people viewed by the demonstrators as corrupt. But the demonstrations have continued, seeking the removal of the whole ruling elite that has governed the North African nation since independence from France in 1962. "Certain parties want to enter a
News Algeria Politics: UPDATE 2-Algeria presses corruption case against ex-PM and other senior figures
A prosecutor has referred Algeria's former prime minister Ahmed Ouyahia, along with a minister and two ex-ministers, to the Supreme Court over graft accusations in an ongoing crackdown on the former ruling elite, authorities said on Wednesday. Protesters and the army drove former president Abdelaziz
News Algeria Politics: Algeria Army Chief Says Some Parties Seeking Constitutional Vacuum-Ennahar TV
ALGIERS — Algeria's army chief of staff Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaed Salah on Tuesday accused some parties of wanting a constitutional vacuum, to prolong the country's political crisis, private ...
News Algeria Politics: Algeria: From Political Turmoil Comes Opportunity
The ongoing political turmoil in Algeria threatens to delay even further the planned offshore oil and gas exploration projects that the country is betting on to reverse the declining oil and gas ...
News Algeria Politics: Algeria Begins Political Consultations ahead of July Presidential Elections
Algerian interim President Abdelkader Bensalah held talks on Thursday with former parliament Speaker Abdelaziz Ziari, announced the presidency through its state news agency, APS. No details on the ...
News Algeria Politics: Thousands protests again in Algeria to demand political change
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters gathered in Algiers for an eighth successive Friday to demand the departure of the ruling elite as Algeria prepares for a presidential election in July. ...
