Algeria
26 Feb
French police said officers killed a man holding a knife in each hand after he "threw himself" at them in the northeastern Paris suburbs on Wednesday. At around 7:00 am (0600 GMT), police approached "a man sitting at a bus stop with a knife in each hand" in the town of Dugny, Paris police told…
21 Jan
Separatist rebels in northern Mali have said that a Spanish national kidnapped in mid-January between Algeria and Mali has been freed thanks to their intervention and handed over to Algerian authorities in good health. There has been no confirmation from Spanish or Algerian authorities. The Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), a coalition of separatist rebel groups,…
9 Jan
Nigeria Armed Forces' annual ranking in the 2024 Global Firepower (GFP) has dropped to 39th, marking the third consecutive decline after
4 Jan
An Algerian online influencer will stand trial in France next month, accused of inciting terrorism on TikTok, prosecutors said Saturday. The 25-year-old suspect was remanded in custody on Friday in the western city of Brest, prosecutor Camille Miansoni said in a statement. The man, identified by officials only as Youcef A. but known on social…
17 Nov
Former Manchester City star Riyad Mahrez scored as Algeria cruised to a 5-1 victory over Liberia on Sunday in a 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final-round qualifier. The other Group E match also produced a wide winning margin with Togo beating Equatorial Guinea 3-0 for their first victory of the campaign. Only pride was at…
1 Nov
Prominent Algerian media boss Ihsane El Kadi was freed under presidential pardon Friday on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the independence war with France, lawyers said. Also granted pardons were several activists from the pro-democracy Hirak movement. El Kadi, 65, who heads Interface Medias which includes the Maghreb Emergent news website and Radio…
30 Oct
The Super Falcons, yesterday, concluded their two-legged international frendlies against Algeria with a 4-1 hammering of the Green Ladies
29 Oct
Nigeria and Algeria’s women’s national teams will meet in the concluding leg of their international friendly matches today,
17 Sep 2024
The EU has blocked imports of an in-demand Algerian hazelnut spread that became popular in France after social media influencers raved about it. "Incredible texture," "good enough to die for," and "so so very good" are some of the eulogies for El Mordjene Cebon spreading across TikTok, while the jars can be found in small…
14 Sep 2024
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has won a second term with 84.3 percent of the vote in last week's election, final results showed Saturday, down from an initial count contested by his challengers. The preliminary results issued by the North African country's electoral authority ANIE on Sunday gave Tebboune nearly 95 percent support, prompting other candidates…
14 Sep 2024
Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has won a second term with 84.3 percent of the votes in last week's election, according to final results announced Saturday by Omar Belhadj, president of the constitutional court. Preliminary results issued by the North African country's electoral authority ANIE on Sunday gave the incumbent nearly 95 percent of the votes,…
10 Sep 2024
The Islamist candidate who lost out to incumbent Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algeria's presidential election filed an appeal to the Constitutional Court Tuesday, contesting the provisional result of the vote. READ ALSO:Algeria: Tebboune re-elected president for second term Abdelaali Hassani, who heads the moderate Islamist party the Movement of Society for Peace,…
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