Prominent leader and National Liberation Front {FLN) member Saadi Yacef died at the age of 93, after heading a resistance against French colonial rule in Algeria’s War of Independence in 1962.His death was announced b...

Relations between Algeria and Morocco have long been tense, fiery, and punctuated by conflict. Since the 1963 "Sand War" over border demarcation, the leaders of these two major Maghreb powers have jostled for regional c...

Judo star Fethi Nourine and his coach have received 10-year bans from the from the International Judo Federation for "promotion of political and religious propaganda" after refusing to compete against an Israeli...

Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine has been banned from competition for 10 years by the International Judo Federation after his withdrawal from the Tokyo Olympics to avoid a potential bout against an Israeli opponent.Nour...

Algerian authorities have arrested a journalist from a local French-language newspaper and searched his house, a rights group and one of his colleagues said Monday."Mohamed Mouloudj, journalist at the Liberte daily, w...

ALGIERS, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Algeria has detained 30 people, including seven members of a separatist group that the government has declared a terrorist organization, for involvement in wildfires that killed at least 65 people, the paramilita...

The International Financial Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, announced on Tuesday providing a $30 million loan for BCI Holding SA Group to help the company expand its production in Algeria, Egypt, and Nigeria.BCI Holdin...

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.The Algerian de...

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune last week announced the creation of several new diplomatic roles, including the position of Western Sahara and Maghreb envoy, angering Morocco. The new envoy has been named as A...

ALGIERS, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Algeria has arrested 27 suspected members of a separatist group that the government has declared a terrorist organization, after an attack in two northern towns, police said on Monday.They said the 27 were suspe...

Algerian police said Monday that they had arrested 27 people suspected of belonging to a separatist group that Algiers considers a "terrorist" organisation.The individuals were arrested over the previous 48 hours in a...

Algeria has arrested 27 suspected members of a separatist group that the government has declared a terrorist organisation, after an attack in two northern towns, police said on Monday. They said the 27 were suspected of belonging to MAK, a...

Negotiations around the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) remain at a standstill as Algeria prepares to begin mediation between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia.In remarks to Al-Jazeera, Egypt’s Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mo...

TUNIS: Rights group Amnesty International on Wednesday called on Tunisia to investigate the “extremely serious” return to Algeria of political activist Slimane Bouhafs, who it said had refugee status in Tunisia.Late Wednesday, an Algerian r...

Algeria's oil production will be 932,000 barrels per day (bpd) in September and 942,000 bpd in October, the North African country's energy minister said on Wednesday.Overall compliance with OPEC+ production agreements...

The navies of India and Algeria have carried out a maiden naval exercise off the Algerian coast, in reflection of growing maritime cooperation between the two sides.

Algeria will make reforms to improve the business climate and attract investment, the presidency said on Monday, as the OPEC member seeks to reduce its reliance on oil. But the North African country will maintain spending on subsidies, desp...

Liberal party leader Nabil Karoui, runner-up in Tunisia's 2019 presidential election that saw Kais Saied elected, has been arrested in Algeria along with his MP brother, media reports said Monday.

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Sunday headed to Algeria to participate in a meeting of foreign ministers of Libya’s neighboring countries, held from August 30-31 at the invitation of Algeria.A statement from the Egyptian Foreign Ministr...

April 1995: When Robert Fisk is handed barbarous photo album he feels growing need to thumb through the pictures and then, the greatest shock of all, a kind of boredom as the butchery becomes routine

Algeria on Thursday hinted at the possibility of ending gas supplies to Morocco in October, two days after cutting diplomatic ties with the Kingdom.Morocco currently is provided with natural gas through the Maghreb-Eu...

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan made separate phone calls with Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra and Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita on Friday, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.During the calls, Pr...

Saudi Gazette reportRIYADH — Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan made separate phone calls with Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra and Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita on

Algeria said Thursday it was ready to divert all its Spain-bound natural gas exports via an undersea pipeline that bypasses Morocco, state media said, two days after Algiers cut ties with its North African rival.In a...

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Wednesday called on the leaderships of Algeria and Morocco to prioritise their countries' national interest after Algiers had severed its diplomatic ties with Rabat.The OIC stated on its officia...

RIYADH — An aircraft, within the Saudi aid airlift sent by King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), arrived Thursday in Algeria laden with emergency humanitarian assistance.The relief

An aircraft, within the Saudi aid airlift sent by King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), arrived Thursday in Algeria laden with emergency humanitarian assistance.The relief is set to contribute to alleviating the impact...

The two groups and Saudi Arabia decry the diplomatic rift and ask the North African rivals to resolve the conflict.

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the Arab League and Saudi Arabia called for "dialogue" on Wednesday to resolve a bitter dispute between neighbouring Algeria and Morocco.Algeria said on Tuesday it had cut dipl...