While wildfires continue wreaking havoc in Algeria, appeals for international help multiply on social media. In order to come to the aid of households hard hit by fires, offers of material and medical assistance have increased in recent hours. Donations are still being collected in Algiers, the capital, as shown …
Read More »Algeria: bush fires continue to wreak havoc, 42 dead
At least 42 people are now known to have died as a result of more than 100 wildfires in Algeria. The most intense have taken hold in forested mountains of the Kabylie region, where 25 soldiers have been killed fighting fires. Algeria’s President Abdelmajid Tebboune has sent his condolences to …
Read More »Algeria: four people die in a bush fire east of Algiers
Wildfires in Algeria have left four people dead and three others injured in Kabylia, a mountainous region east of the capital, Algiers. Algeria’s state news agency said two people died in Ait-Yenni, one in Yakourène and another in the nearby town of Azazga, in the province of Tizi-Ouzou. Videos posted …
Read More »Algeria prepares law to strip terrorists of nationality
Algeria is preparing a law which would strip the nationality of its citizens who join, finance or glorify a terrorist organisation abroad. The justice minister outlined the proposed changes during a cabinet meeting, reports the state-run news agency APS. “The new law would remain compatible with international conventions and guarantee …
Read More »Algeria receives doses of Chinese Sinopharm vaccine
As reported by the state news agency , Algeria has received 200,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine donated by China. Read also: Eight found dead in Liberia flat after party The North African state launched its vaccination campaign in January, with 50,000 doses of Russia’s Sputnik V, and has since …
Read More »Algeria: president Abdelmadjid Tebboune calls for early elections
Abdelmadjid Tebboune, the Algerian President has called early elections. In a live television address on Thursday night, he announced the dissolution of the lower house of parliament a year ahead of schedule and said there would be a government reshuffle within the next 48 hours. He also ordered the release …
Read More »Trial for murder of Hervé Gourdel, the French tourist is postponed
The trial in Algeria of a group accused of decapitating a French mountain guide, which was due to start on Thursday in Algiers, has been put back to 18 February. The trial in the murder case of Frenchman Hervé Gourdel, has been postponed to February 18. Fourteen people are facing …
Read More »Algeria is negociating with Russia to make its Sputnik V vaccine
Algerian authorities have begun discussions to made Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine in the country. “The two parties agreed to start contacts between the relevant bodies with a view to build cooperation in the field of making the Sputnik V vaccine in Algeria,” said a statement from Prime Minister Abdelaziz …
Read More »Algeria is readying to receive batch of Russian vaccine Sputnik V
Algeria is set to receive its first doses of Covid-19 vaccine on Friday and begin immunisation on Saturday, the communication minister has said. The country will receive the Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine and says other doses from China and India are expected later. The elderly and health care workers are …
Read More »Algeria Will Share its COVID-19 Vaccine Doses with Tunisia
Algeria will share its COVID-19 vaccine doses with Tunisia in the spirit of fraternity between the two countries as confirmed by the Tuniaisan Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi on Thursday. “Among the calls I made this time, I had a call with my counterpart, the Algerian Foreign Minister, about the possibility …
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