President Abdelmadjid Tebboune accepts resignation of Abdelaziz Djerad and appoints him as caretaker prime minister.

Algerian Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad resigned on Thursday, opening the door for President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to name a new cabinet, state TV said.A new government will have to tackle a deep financial and economi...

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Almost 70 people in Algeria have faced prosecution for breaking the country's electoral laws during parliamentary elections earlier this month, a justice ministry statement said Monday.The early polls were boycotted b...

Algerian human rights activist Fatiha Briki has been detained by authorities and no official reason has been given for her arrest, her family and a prisoners' rights group said Monday.Briki, a retired university teach...

Algeria’s FLN, long the country’s biggest political party, won the most seats in Saturday’s parliamentary election, the head of the electoral authority said yesterday.Fewer than a third of registered voters took part in the election, whic...

Algeria’s FLN, long the country’s biggest political party, won the most seats in Saturday’s parliamentary election, the head of the electoral authority said yesterday.Fewer than a third of registered voters took part in the election, whic...

The FLN party's 105 seats were well short of the 204 needed to secure a majority in the 407-seat parliament.

Early results from Algeria’s parliamentary elections have shown the establishment National Liberation Front (FLN) and the Islamist Movement of Society for Peace (MSP) have taken the lead in polls.The FLN, which govern...

ALGIERS: Algeria was early Monday still waiting for the results of a parliamentary election boycotted by the long-running Hirak protest movement and marked by widespread abstention.Ahead of the official results, an Islamist party seen as mo...

The government alleged the outlet had shown 'clear and repeated hostility' towards Algeria and its institutions.

A moderate Islamist party has claimed victory in Algeria's legislative election even though results were not expected for several more days.

Algeria on Sunday awaited the results of a parliamentary election boycotted by the long-running Hirak protest movement and marked by widespread abstention.Turnout was just 30.2%, electoral commission chief Mohamed Cho...

Algeria's parliamentary elections held on Saturday witnessed a weak voter turnout, according to the Independent Electoral Authority, in the country's first legislative polls held since the 2019 uprising.Only 30.20% of...

The results of an Algerian parliamentary election in which fewer than a third of voters took part will be announced within a few days, the head of the voting authority said late on Saturday.

ALGIERS: Algeria voted Saturday in a parliamentary election overshadowed by a crackdown on a long-running protest movement that campaigned for a mass boycott.Pro-government parties had urged a big turnout for the “crucial vote” hoping to re...

Algeria held parliamentary elections yesterday that the ruling establishment hopes will turn a page on political unrest amid a crackdown on dissent, but even by mid afternoon few people had voted.Two years after mass demonstrations forced...

Algerian voters started casting their ballots, on Saturday morning, in the country's parliamentary elections, the first parliamentary elections there since the start of the popular movement.The voting, which is taking place according to a...

Algeria held parliamentary elections yesterday that the ruling establishment hopes will turn a page on political unrest amid a crackdown on dissent, but even by mid afternoon few people had voted.Two years after mass demonstrations forced...

The government in Algiers says Saturday's vote will build a 'new Algeria'.

Amnesty International has condemned the arrest of two journalists and an opposition leader in Algeria, ahead of today’s legislative elections. Journalists Khaled Drareni and Ihsane El Kadi and the high-profile opposit...

Polls open for first election since President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned amid boycott calls from Hirak movement.

Algerians began voting on Saturday in a parliamentary election overshadowed by a crackdown on a long-running protest movement that has campaigned for a mass boycott.Pro-government parties have urged a big turnout for...

Algerian police deployed heavily in the capital Friday ahead of parliamentary elections to block protesters disrupting the polls, as activists criticised a "climate of repression" amid arrests of opposition figures.La...

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune called the election following the dissolution of the National People’s Assembly (APN) in an attempt to take the wind out of the sails of nation-wide protests organized by the “Hirak” movement.‘”Hirak,” which...

Arrests of Khaled Drareni, Ihsane El Kadi, Karim Tabbou evidence of 'chilling escalation' in dissent clampdown: Amnesty.

Algeria's president and the generals backing him hope Saturday's parliamentary election will mark an end to two years of upheaval, but in the capital's steep, winding streets few people seemed enthused.

Police sealed off the Algerian capital on Friday to prevent protesters gathering on the eve of a parliamentary election they have vowed to boycott.The Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights said seven leading...

Algerian opposition activist Karim Tabbou was arrested Thursday on the eve of parliamentary elections he and fellow pro-democracy Hirak movement supporters are boycotting, his family said."Arrest of Karim Tabbou near...