Algeria
11 Jan 2022
Algeria began their defence of the Africa Cup of Nations title with an underwhelming 0-0 draw against Sierra Leone in Douala on Tuesday, as Riyad Mahrez's side struggled to break down one of the tournament's rank outsiders.
5 Jan 2022
Riyad Mahrez-captained Algeria is favourites to win back-to-back titles when a twice-delayed Africa Cup of Nations finally kicks off in Cameroon on Sunday.
5 Jan 2022
Factfile for Algeria, who play Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea and the Ivory Coast in Group E of the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon from January 11:
27 Nov 2021
Algerians began voting on Saturday in local elections seen as key in President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's push to turn the page on the two-decade
26 Nov 2021
The World Health Organisation (WHO), yesterday, said only 27 per cent of African health workers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19...
11 Nov 2021
Three people died Thursday when a residential block collapsed in a landslide in Algiers, emergency services said, bringing to six the death toll this week in heavy rains in the Algerian capital.
19 Sep 2021
A funeral began in Algeria on Sunday for Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the North African country's longest-serving president, at a cemetery for its independence heroes but without the honours accorded to leaders who died before him.
19 Sep 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended condolences to President Abdelmadjid Tebboune of Algeria on the death of the country’s former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
6 Sep 2021
Algeria's football team arrived in Morocco on Monday on the eve of their African World Cup qualifier against Burkina Faso, against a backdrop of diplomatic tensions between the North African neighbours
12 Aug 2021
Blazes raged across northern Algeria on Thursday as the country observed a national day of mourning for dozens of people killed in the latest wildfires to sweep the Mediterranean.
11 Aug 2021
Firefighters, troops and civilian volunteers battled blazes in forests across northern Algeria on Wednesday as the country reeled at a death toll of at least 65 people in the latest wildfires to hit the Mediterranean.
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