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Thu, 20 May 2021 07:23:51 GMT
Student Day - Djerad Calls On New Generation to Keep Pace With Development, Protect National Sovereignty
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad called on Wednesday in Algiers the new generation of students "to keep pace with development, through the perfect knowledge of foreign languages," insisting on their role in "the pro...

Wed, 19 May 2021 08:44:47 GMT
President Tebboune Chairs Periodical Meeting of High Security Council
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Supreme Chief of the Armed Forces, Minister of National Defence on Tuesday chaired a periodical meeting of the High Security Council, said a communiqué from the Pres...

Wed, 19 May 2021 08:28:50 GMT
Harassment of Reporters Intensifies in Run-Up to Parliamentary Elections
[RSF] With less than four weeks to go to parliamentary elections in Algeria, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is extremely concerned about the systematic and violent methods now being used by the authorities to prevent journalists from covering the re...

Tue, 18 May 2021 14:48:52 GMT
Algeria Postpones Championships
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- Algeria has postponed the African Senior Championships which were slated to held there due to the spread of COVID-19.

Mon, 17 May 2021 17:50:22 GMT
Algeria to Begin Reopening Covid-Closed Borders On 1 June
[RFI] From the start of next month, commercial flights will once again be authorised at the airports of Algiers, Constantine and Oran, the north African nation's three largest cities. While precise details of the conditions for the partial lifting of...

Tue, 18 May 2021 14:47:20 GMT
Tunisia's Us Monastir Register Historic Win in Bal Tie
[Nation] Senegal's AS Douanes proved too strong for Algerian side Groupement Sportif des Pétroliers (GSP) beating them 94-67 in day two of the ongoing Basketball Africa league (BAL) in Kigali, Rwanda Monday.

Fri, 14 May 2021 07:37:19 GMT
Coronavirus - Algerians, Foreigners Allowed Entering Country With Strict Measures
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- The minister of Health, Population and Hospital Reform, Abderrahmane Benbouzid, said Thursday in Boufarik (Blida), that the scientific committee has given instructions allowing Algerian nationals and foreigners to ...

Sat, 15 May 2021 19:53:59 GMT
An Insight Into Africa's Struggle for Economic Transformation
[African Arguments] Africa's ministers of finance and economic development convened in Algiers on 8 May 2001 for their annual meeting. Their conference is usually unremarkable: this was a rare occasion in which it was momentous. In his memoir Know th...

Thu, 13 May 2021 05:56:47 GMT
Freedom of Speech, Assembly Under Attack, UN Warns
[VOA] Geneva -- U.N. human rights officials are expressing concern about increasingly repressive actions by the Algerian government, which they say are stifling peoples' rights to freedom of opinion and assembly.

Wed, 19 May 2021 12:21:05 GMT
Algeria Pressures Reporters By Delaying Renewal of Accreditation
[RSF] Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the Algerian government's use of delays in renewing press accreditation to put pressure on reporters employed by foreign media, many of whom have been waiting for months for their 2021 accreditation. The...

Thu, 13 May 2021 08:34:03 GMT
Algerian Authorities Briefly Detain At Least 6 Journalists Covering Protests
[CPJ] On May 11, 2021, Algerian security forces briefly detained at least six journalists in downtown Algiers, the capital, while they were covering anti-government protests, according to news reports and Bouzid Ichalalene and Mustapha Bendjama, two ...

Thu, 13 May 2021 07:38:37 GMT
Eid Al-Fitr - President Tebboune Addresses Algerian People
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune made an address to the Algerian people on Wednesday, the eve of Eid al-Fitr.

Wed, 12 May 2021 13:28:51 GMT
Mobile Telephony - Mobilis, Djezzy Licenses Renewed for 5 Years
[Algerie Presse Service] The licenses of Algerie Telecom Mobile (ATM, Mobilis) and Optimum Telecom Algerie (OTM, Djezzy) for electronic and cellular communications network exploitation have been renewed for a period of five (05) years, the Prime Mini...

Wed, 12 May 2021 08:56:25 GMT
Hydrocarbons - Government Examines Two Draft Executive Decrees On Pipeline Transport
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- The government examined, during its meeting chaired Tuesday by Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad, two draft executive decrees defining the procedures for obtaining authorizations to construct structures for pipeline ...

Tue, 11 May 2021 09:21:24 GMT
June 12 Legislative Election - 1 483 Lists Approved
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- Chairman of the Independent National Authority for Elections (ANIE) Mohamed Charfi announced on Sunday that 1 483 lists have been approved without reservation to participate in the legislative election scheduled fo...

Mon, 10 May 2021 09:08:09 GMT
Upcoming Legislative Election to Inject New Momentum Into National Renewal Process
[Algerie Presse Service] SETIF-President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune affirmed on Thursday that the upcoming legislative elections will inject a new momentum into the "national renewal" process, expressing confidence in the willingness of the...

Fri, 07 May 2021 14:41:12 GMT
Algeria Warns Unions of Groups 'Sowing Sedition' Ahead of Polls
[RFI] Algeria has told its trade unions to be wary of "subversive" groups seeking to "sow sedition" ahead of elections next month, as authorities look to calm tensions amid a deep economic crisis.

Wed, 05 May 2021 08:23:19 GMT
Ombudsman Office, Human Rights Council Ink Partnership Agreement
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- The Mediator of the Republic Office and the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) inked on Tuesday in Algiers a framework agreement of cooperation, aiming at strengthening the means of cooperation between the two bo...

Tue, 04 May 2021 08:01:22 GMT
Legislative Election - Participation of Youth, Women in Political Life a "Fundamental Asset"
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- The participation of young people and women in the political life constitutes is a "fundamental asset," with regard to their capacities and resources that will enable them to have effective contribution in the coun...

Mon, 03 May 2021 13:39:21 GMT
Civil Society Shouldn't Be Partisan
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- The Civil society shouldn't be partisan, but should instead be an intermediary to bring the concerns of the population's different sections to the public authorities, head of the Algerian Red Crescent (CRA) Saida B...

Mon, 03 May 2021 08:45:05 GMT
June 12 Legislative Election - President Tebboune Urges Setting Up of Health Prevention Plan
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- President of the Republic, chairing a Council of Ministers meeting on Sunday urged the "settig up of a health preventive plan" with a view to the holding of the legislative election of June 12th.

Mon, 03 May 2021 08:45:02 GMT
General Manager of National Public Television Dismissed
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- General Manager of the public television establishment (EPTV), Ahmed Bensebane, has been dismissed on Sunday, said the Ministry of Communication.

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 08:19:10 GMT
Partial Lockdown Extended in 19 Provinces for 21 Days
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- The partial lockdown measures from midnight to 04:00 on the morning of the next day have been extended in 19 provinces for a period of 21 days, as of Saturday, according to the decision taken by Prime Minister Abde...

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 07:45:57 GMT
Public Authorities Pay Special Attention to Improving Workers' Conditions
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- The public authorities are paying "special" attention to improving the professional, material and social conditions of workers in various sectors, despite the difficult economic and financial conditions Algeria is ...

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 14:15:51 GMT
Reporter Jailed After Covering Tuareg Protests in Southern Algeria
[RSF] Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Algerian authorities to free Rabah Karèche, the newspaper Liberté's correspondent in Tamanrasset, 900 km south of Algiers, who has been held since 19 April after covering protests by the Ahaggar re...

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 07:24:30 GMT
President Mourns the Passing of AU Covid-19 Special Envoy
[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa has learned with deep sadness of the passing of financial expert and former Algerian Minister of Finance, Abderrahmane Benkhalfa.

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 09:44:34 GMT
Covid-19 - President Tebboune Chairs Meeting to Assess Pandemic Situation
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune chaired Tuesday a meeting to assess the pandemic situation in Algeria, in which he gave a series of instructions mainly on the necessity of conducting an "urgent" epid...

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 07:40:09 GMT
SPLA Continues Attacks On Positions of Moroccan Occupying Forces
[Algerie Presse Service] Units of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) conducted, Sunday and Monday, new attacks against the entrenchments of the Moroccan occupying forces in the areas of Haouza and Mehbes along the wall of sand (wall of shame...

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 08:59:22 GMT
Freelance Journalist Said Boudour Arrested While Covering Protests
[CPJ] New York -- Algerian authorities should immediately and unconditionally release journalist Said Boudour and cease arresting journalists for their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 14:29:40 GMT
Legislative Elections of June 12 - Deadline for Candidacies Submission Expires Tuesday
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- The deadline for the submission of candidacies for the legislative elections of June 12 expires Tuesday at midnight, in accordance with the order signed by President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune, amending a...



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