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7 Mar
Nigeria, yesterday, joined other top seeds, Egypt and Algeria, as well as Tunisia and Madagascar, in the quarterfinals of the men’s team category of the table tennis event at the ongoing African Games holding in Accra, Ghana. Egypt won Group 1 by beating Ethiopia and Gabon 3-0 each to maintain their 100 per cent record,…
26 Jan
Algeria on Friday expressed "many regrets and deep concern" after neighbouring Mali's military rulers scrapped a 2015 peace deal with separatist rebels that it had mediated.
24 Jan
Algeria sacked their coach Djamel Belmadi on Wednesday after the two-time winners crashed out of the Africa Cup of Nations.
24 Jan
Former champions Algeria crashed out of the Africa Cup of Nations in the group stage on Tuesday after a shock defeat against Mauritania, but Cameroon secured a last-16 place with a dramatic victory over Gambia.
16 Jan
Algeria were held to a 1-1 draw by Angola in their opening game at the Africa Cup of Nations on Monday, with a second-half Mabululu penalty denying the 2019 champions a winning start.
21 Dec
The goalkeeper and assistant coach of an Algerian top-flight club have been killed in a team bus crash, prompting the national federation to call off all matches this weekend. Ten other players from the MC El Bayadh squad were injured in the accident as the team travelled north to Tizi Ouzou for their weekend fixture…
13 Dec
The Algerian coastguard has arrested three Moroccan nationals who crossed its western maritime border on a jet ski, Algeria's defence ministry said Wednesday. The ministry said in a statement that the individuals were arrested "after entering our territorial waters on a jet ski, approximately seven nautical miles off Marsa Ben M'hidi beach" on Monday. The…
23 Oct
Thirty-eight people were sentenced to death in Algeria on Monday over the lynching of a man who was accused of arson while trying to fight deadly wildfires.
6 Oct
Algeria has announced "preventative measures" to thwart the spread of bedbugs after a surge of reported sightings in France, home to a large Algerian diaspora.
22 Jun 2023
Algeria has forced more than 9,000 African migrants over the border into Niger creating a "critical humanitarian situation", two United Nations bodies said in a report released Thursday.

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