Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the Algerian former president is no more. His death was announced on the national television through a statement from the presidency. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who was President of Algeria for twenty years, died Friday, September 17, at the age of 84. The cause of his death was not mentionned. …
Read More »Tunisia’s ex-presidential candidate charged in Algeria
Former Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui has been charged with entering Algeria illegally and sent to jail while awaiting trial. A court in the province of Constantine, in the east of Algeria, ordered that Mr Karoui and his brother, Ghazi, who is an MP, be imprisoned pending prosecution, local media …
Read More »UN Environment Programme declared the Era of leaded petrol over
In a statement published on its website, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says leaded petrol has been eradicated from the world. The agency described the end of the use of leaded petrol as a “huge milestone”. The fuel has contaminated the atmosphere, drinking water and crops for nearly a …
Read More »Tunisia: a former presidential candidate arrested in Algeria
Tunisian media mogul and ex-presidential candidate Nabil Karoui has been arrested in Algeria for illegally entering the country. Mr Karoui, owner of Nesma TV and leader of the second largest party in parliament Qalb Tounes, was arrested in the city of Tebessa on the Tunisian border together with four others. …
Read More »Algeria announces it will cut gas deliveries to Morocco
Authorities in Algeria have announced that the country will not renew a gas-supply agreement with Morocco. It comes days after diplomatic relations become more fragile between the two north-african countries. The gas-supply contract with Morocco expires in October. In a meeting with the Spanish ambassador, Energy Minister Mohamed Arkab said …
Read More »Covid-19: Algeria and Morocco soon on France’s red list
They are now classified as “countries where the virus is circulating quite actively with variants of concern”. Algeria and Morocco will be placed on the red list by France. The two countries were until now placed on the orange list, they were then considered as territories “where the circulation of …
Read More »North Africa: Algeria has decided to review its relations with Morocco
After an investigation into the killing of man falsely accused of starting wildfires, Algeria has decided to review its relations with Morocco, accusing its neighbour of hostile acts. “The repeated hostile acts committed by Morocco against Algeria require a review of our relations and the intensification of border controls,” the …
Read More »A journalist jailed in Algeria for covering protests
A Journalist in Algeria has been arrested for covering protests. Rabah Kareche has been sentenced to eight months in prison for his reporting on protests, his newspaper Liberte said. Mr Kareche was handed a one-year-term, with four months suspended. He has already been in prison since his arrest in April …
Read More »Kabylia wildfires death toll is increasing, 69 dead
Wildfires in Algerian Kabylia region continue wreaking havoc. While all around the world, calls are launched to come in aid to the populationeath toll is increasing. It is a hard situation that Algeria is going through. While authorities are struggling to find out solutions to wildfires the death toll is …
Read More »Kabylia wildfires: Emmanuel Macron to send 2 Canadairs to stop fires
Facing the wildfires which continue wreaking havoc in the Kabylia region, French president Emmanuel Macron is not indifferent. As a gesture of solidarity, he promised to send two Canadairs and a command plane in order to stop the advance of fires. Through a Tweet, the French president called Algerians “friends …
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