Algeria

Algeria

Algeria: Who is Abdelaziz Bensalah, the new interim leader?

His appointment as interim leader by parliament on Tuesday triggered new demonstrations. Bensalah is seen by many as a Bouteflika loyalist.

09/04/2019

Algeria

Presidential office memo sparks confusion with purported army sacking

Algeria's war of information: The Algerian MOD issued an immediate denial after a document from a source at the presidents office said that the army chief had been fired.

02/04/2019

Algeria

Algeria's President Bouteflika resigns after mass protests

Algeria's President Bouteflika resigned on Tuesday following months of nationwide protests.

02/04/2019

Algeria

Algeria’s under-fire president Bouteflika 'to resign before April 28'

There have been frequent demonstrations in Algeria against Bouteflika running for a fifth term as president.

01/04/2019

Algeria

Algeria's president appoints caretaker government amid turmoil

Algeria's president appoints caretaker government amid turmoil

31/03/2019

Algeria

Police 'fire rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters in Algiers'

Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters in Algiers in biggest demonstration yet, say witnesses.

29/03/2019

Algeria

Who are the power brokers in Bouteflika's regime? | Euronews answers

Army chief of staff, head of the employers' union, a workers' union, and a coalition government — these are the key players in Bouteflika's political regime.

27/03/2019

Algeria

Bouteflika's FLN party also calls for ailing president to resign

Bouteflika's own party, the National Liberation Front (FLN), joins the army's chief of staff and the National Rally for Democracy party's call for the ailing president to resign.

26/03/2019

Algeria

Algerians return to streets to protest against ailing president

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Algeria's capital on Friday in the biggest protest yet to call on 82-year-old president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, to step down after two decades in power

15/03/2019

Algeria

Algeria's ailing leader Bouteflika will not run for fifth term

Algeria's Bouteflika says he will not run for fifth term, postpones presidential elections

11/03/2019

World

President Bouteflika arrives back in Algiers amid protests

President Bouteflika arrives back in Algiers amid protests

11/03/2019

Algeria

Presidential plane lands in Algeria amid ongoing protests

Algeria's presidential plane landed at a military airport south west of Algiers on Sunday afternoon after leaving Geneva earlier in the day. It is not clear if Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was on board.

10/03/2019

Algeria

Algeria orders early university holiday as students spur protests

The Higher Education Ministry's decision came a day after tens of thousands of demonstrators packed central Algiers.

09/03/2019

Algeria

Timeline: Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's 20-year rule

Bouteflika's decision to run for a fifth term in office has sparked widespread protests in the North African country.

05/03/2019

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One dead as protesting Algerians call on Bouteflika to step down

Thousands of people in cities across Algeria called on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to leave office on Friday (March 1) in the country's biggest anti-government demonstrations since the Arab Spring eight years ago.

03/03/2019

Algeria

Algerian president responds to protests with list of commitments

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika responded to recent mass protests against his leadership with a list of commitments, including a promise to stand down after the country's next election

03/03/2019

Algeria

Candidates in Algerian election must submit papers in person

All candidates in the Algerian presidential election must submit their candidacy papers in person, Abdelwahab Derbal, the head of the election commission said on Sunday.

03/03/2019

Algeria

Algeria protests: 50 police officers and dozens of demonstrators injured

The largest anti-government protest for eight years sees 45 people arrested. Algerian's urge President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to step down.

02/03/2019

Algeria

Why are people protesting in Algeria? | Euronews answers

Thousands of Algerians have taken to the streets in protest another Abdelaziz Bouteflika presidential bid. The ailing, 81-year-old president recently announced he will seek a fifth five-year term but remains under care at a Swiss hospital.

01/03/2019

Algeria

Organisers slam ugly reaction to Miss Algeria beauty pageant winner

Organisers of a beauty pageant in Algeria have condemned racist remarks aimed at this year’s winner.

10/01/2019

Algeria

Murdered Trappist Monks Beatified in Algeria

Ceremony is first step to sainthood

09/12/2018

Algeria

Merkel visits Algiers to enhance bilateral ties with the country

It's the German Chancellor's first visit to Algeria in a decade

17/09/2018

Africanews

Algeria's tourism comes alive with Aqua Palm [Inspire Africa]

Is Algeria finally distancing itself from its image of a hotbed of terror?

10/09/2018

Algeria

Watch: Algerian women take aim and fire as interest in hunting grows

Holding their shotguns with a firm grip, several young Algerian women took part in a target shooting competition held ahead of hunting season.

02/08/2018

Algeria

Algerian flags fly half-mast as the country mourns the plane disaster

Two hundred and fifty-seven people were killed in the country's worst plane disaster. The military transporter plane crashed on Wednesday after take-off in south west Algiers.

13/04/2018

Algeria

257 people dead in Algerian plane crash

Most of the victims were military personnel and their families, as well as ten flight crew members. Three days of national mourning have been declared

11/04/2018