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Algeria’s north-east scorched by deadly wildfires, national mourning declared

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Travel News

EU Air Safety List update: 154 airlines are now banned

With the EU’s latest Air Safety List including Air Express Algeria among carriers banned from operating within European airspace, here’s what travellers need to know about how airlines end up on it.

Niger

At least 49 die of thirst in Niger desert after truck breaks down

The 49 victims were buried in mass graves at the scene in what officials called a “particularly delicate and emotionally exhausting task” for the survivors.

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In Annaba, Pope Leo XIV hails Algeria’s small Catholic flock and Saint Augustine

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at Annaba’s Basilica of Saint Augustine, highlighting Algeria’s small Catholic community during his symbolic visit.

Algeria

Algeria hit by two suicide attacks during pope's visit, sources say

No link has yet been established between the attacks and the pope's visit to the country, which was conducted under tight security.

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Pope Leo XIV celebrates historic Mass at rain‑soaked Basilica in Algiers

Algeria hosted Pope Leo XIV on Monday 14 April for a Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Africa in Algiers, marking the first papal visit to the country.

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Pope in Algeria urges forgiveness and reconciliation on historic visit

Algeria welcomed Pope Leo XIV on Monday, 13 April 2026, marking the first visit by a pontiff to the Muslim-majority country, with a focus on interfaith dialogue and peace.

Economy

Algeria emerges as Europe’s key gas partner after Iran strikes

Algeria is acting as a "safety valve" for Europe, but cannot fully compensate for the loss of Qatari supply, energy expert Hashem Akl told Euronews.

Europe News

Meloni plans closer cooperation with Algeria to boost gas deliveries

Italy, which generates more than 40% of its electricity from natural gas according to the International Energy Agency, has been negotiating with various countries to replace lost LNG supplies from Qatar.

Algeria

Algeria passes law declaring French colonisation a 'state crime'

French authorities slammed what they said was "a manifestly hostile initiative," in what represents a continuation of deteriorating relations between Paris and Algiers.

World News

Will Washington succeed in mending the Western Sahara rift?

The Western Sahara dispute, rooted in a 50-year conflict, presents major obstacles to US envoy Steve Witkoff's 60-day peace proposal for Morocco and Algeria, say analysts.

Algeria

‘Biggest crisis since independence’: What next for France and Algeria?

As a diplomatic spat between Paris and Algiers continues to sour, Euronews dissects how things got so bad, and where they could go from here.

Europe News

Family of French journalist jailed in Algeria asks Zidane for help

Christophe Gleizes, a 36-year-old freelance sports journalist, was sentenced last week over an interview with an Algerian football coach accused of ties to a banned separatist movement, in a case rights groups say criminalises routine reporting.

Culture news

Algerian court upholds writer Boualem Sansal’s 5-year prison sentence

The novelist’s case has united European lawmakers, who have demanded Sansal's release. His case has raised alarm over freedom of expression in Algeria, and his supporters now hope military-backed President Abdelmadjid Tebboune will grant a pardon on Saturday, when Algeria marks Independence Day.

Culture news

First Arab and African director to win Cannes Palme d’Or dies aged 91

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina was the oldest living recipient of the Palme d’Or. His Cannes-winning film 'Chronicles of the Years of Fire' remains Africa’s only Palme d’Or to this day.

Europe News

France vows to expel Algerian diplomats in latest tit-for-tat move

This latest episode in the diplomatic tug of war between the two countries comes a month after Algeria expelled 12 French officials from the country in mid-April — a move which France reciprocated.

Culture news

Algeria issues two arrest warrants for Gouncourt winner Kamel Daoud

The author is accused of having used the story of a survivor of a massacre during the Algerian civil war without her consent – an accusation he denies. Daoud’s publisher denounced the “violent defamatory campaigns orchestrated by certain media close to a regime whose whose nature is well known.”