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Fri, 27 Aug 2021 07:59:44 GMT
International Arrest Warrants Against Premeditators of Djamel Bensmain's Murder
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- The public prosecutor at the Algiers court, Sid Ahmed Merad announced on Thursday the issuance of international arrest warrants against the premeditators of Djamel Bensmain's murder in Larbaa n'Ath Irathen in Tizi-...

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 12:50:50 GMT
Algeria Ends Diplomatic Ties With Morocco Citing 'Hostile Acts'
[RFI] Algeria has severed diplomatic relations with Morocco, accusing its neighbour of using Pegasus spyware against Algerian officials, involvement in deadly wildfires and failing in bilateral commitments.

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 13:27:49 GMT
Morocco Takes Note and Regrets Unilateral and 'Completely Unjustified but Expected' Decision of Algerian Authorities to Sever Diplomatic Relations With Kingdom
[MAP] Rabat -- The Kingdom of Morocco has taken note of the unilateral decision of the Algerian authorities to sever diplomatic relations with Morocco starting this day, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Tuesday.

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 08:14:50 GMT
Algeria Breaks Diplomatic Relations With Morocco
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, Ramtane Lamamra, announced Algeria's decision to break up its diplomatic relations with Morocco, following the backdrop of long-standing hostile acts perpe...

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 07:49:47 GMT
Covid-19 - Adjustment of Lockdown Hours, Reopening of Leisure Spaces and Beaches
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- Prime Minister, Finance Minister, Aïmene Benabderrahmane, have decided to adjust the partial lockdown hours (from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.) and reopen leisure spaces and beaches as of Wednesday, as part of the fight agai...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:46:44 GMT
Foreign Minister Meets Algerian Counterpart
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Othman Jerandi held a working session with his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra on Monday in Tunis.

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 09:58:13 GMT
Covid-19 - Tebboune Orders Acceleration of Vaccine Production in Algeria
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune has instructed, during the meeting of the Council of Ministers he chaired Sunday, the group Sonatrach to acquire trucks for transporting oxygen in order to increase i...

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 08:24:58 GMT
Fortune to Play ES Sétif in CAF Champions League Preliminaries
[The Point] Gambian Premier League champions, Fortune FC have been drawn against Algerian topflight side Entente Sportive Sétifienne, known as ES Sétif in the first round of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions League preliminaries...

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 09:56:14 GMT
Humanitarian Aid Reaches Algeria in Form of Field Hospital to Fight Covid-19
[Africom] U.S. Embassy in Algeria Blida, Algeria -- The field hospital will serve Algeria's civilian population and is equipped with a negative pressure isolation system specifically designed to treat patients with infectious diseases.

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 07:27:01 GMT
Belmadi - 'In Africa, There Are No Longer Small Teams'
[CAF] Algeria coach Djamel Belmadi was cautious about the draw for the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021. Reigning African champions, the Algerians will play in Douala in the group E along with Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea and Ele...

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 09:45:27 GMT
Algeria Shuts Down Lina TV for Alleged Licensing Issue
[CPJ] New York -- Algerian authorities should allow Lina TV to resume broadcasting immediately and stop using the country's accreditation procedures as a means of censorship, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 09:30:42 GMT
President Tebboune Chairs Extraordinary Meeting of High Security Council
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- The president of the Republic, commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, minister of National Defense, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, chaired Wednesday an extraordinary meeting of the High Security Council on assessment of th...

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 14:43:23 GMT
President Tebboune Chairs High Security Council Meeting
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- President of the Republic, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Minister of National Defence, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, chaired Wednesday a meeting of the High Security Council, said the Presidency of the Republic.

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 14:20:14 GMT
Beaumelle, 'Playing Algeria Is Still Fantastic'
[CAF] In Yaounde for the draw of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021, Côte d'Ivoire coach Patrice Beaumelle reacted after the ceremony. Talking to CAFOnline.com, the French technician reviewed the results of the draw, specially th...

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 05:47:04 GMT
Morocco Fights Forest Fires As Situation in Algeria Brought 'Under Control'
[RFI] Firefighters in northern Morocco are battling to put out two forest blazes, as the north African kingdom swelters in a heatwave. Most of the forest fires that have hit neighbouring Algeria in the past week are now "under control" and no longer ...

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 09:12:34 GMT
CAF Announces 2021 Afcon Draw Procedure
[Nyasa Times] Reigning African champions Algeria, as well as Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia, Morocco and hosts Cameroun have been named top seeds for Tuesday's 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) draw.

Sun, 15 Aug 2021 09:31:41 GMT
In Search of Advantages - Israel's Observer Status in the African Union
[The Conversation Africa] Since its establishment as a state in 1948, Israel has placed great importance on foreign policy. This is because it had been under a political and economic boycott by surrounding Arab states. The boycott has been falling ap...

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 08:44:44 GMT
Djamel Bensmail Case - 36 Suspects Arrested in Tizi Ouzou
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- The director of the Judicial Police at the General Directorate of National Police, Mohamed Chakour, affirmed Sunday the arrest of 36 suspects, including three women, involved in the murder of Djamel Bensmail in Lar...

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 09:56:55 GMT
Partial Lockdown Measures Extended By 15 Days in 40 Provinces
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Aïmene Benabderrahmane, decided to extend, by 15 days, the partial lockdown measures from 8.00 p.m. to 6.00 a.m. in 40 provinces as from Sunday, August 15, 2021, as part of the...

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 07:47:38 GMT
Subversive Contents in Social Media - Algeria Determined to Defend Its Digital Sovereignty
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- Algeria is "determined to defend its national digital sovereignty and protect its people against the subversive contents posted recently on Facebook," the ministry of Communication said Thursday.

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 04:58:13 GMT
Algeria, Tunisia Wildfires Reinforce UN Panel's Findings On Africa - Experts
[DW] A damaging heat wave is sweeping across North Africa in the wake of the release of the IPCC findings on climate change. Some experts in Africa say the panel hit the right tone and the onus to act is on the continent too.

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 08:00:17 GMT
President Tebboune Warns Against Any Attempt to Exploit Crises, Sow Discord
[Algerie Presse Service] President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Thursday warned against attempts to undermine national unity and exploit dramas and crises to aggravate the situation and sow discord between citizens.

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 12:29:45 GMT
France Sends Waterbomber Aircraft as Wildfires Claim More Victims
[RFI] Firefighters, soldiers and civilian volunteers are battling blazes in forests across northern Algeria which have now claimed 69 lives. France is sending two Canadair firefighting planes and a command aircraft to help get the forest fires under ...

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 08:59:50 GMT
Jerandi Affirms Tunisia's Support for Algeria in Face of Wildfires
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Othman Jerandi expressed at a phone call with his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra Thursday Tunisia's full solidarity with Algeria in the face of ...

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 07:33:48 GMT
Wildfires Leave At Least 65 Dead
[Cameroon Tribune] President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune says soldiers who died saving 100 people in Kabyle are "martyrs".

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:55:19 GMT
Tunisia Expresses Solidarity With Algeria in Face of Wildfires
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia, on Wednesday, reaffirmed its "full solidarity" with Algeria and the Algerian people in the face of the wildfires that tore through several forest areas of the country and claimed dozens of victims amon...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 12:42:49 GMT
At Least 42 People Killed in Wildfires in Algeria, Authorities Blame Arson
[RFI] 25 soldiers and 17 civilians have died so far in more than 100 wildfires in Algeria, authorities said on Tuesday, adding that some of the fires had criminal origins.

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 06:27:15 GMT
King Expresses Morocco's Readiness to Help Algeria Combat Forest Fires
[MAP] Rabat -- His Majesty King Mohammed VI has given His High Instructions to the Ministers of Interior and Foreign Affairs to express to their Algerian counterparts the readiness of the Kingdom of Morocco to help Algeria combat the forest fires tha...

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 06:26:22 GMT
President of the Republic Extends His Condolences to His Algerian Counterpart for the Victims of the Forest Fires
[SPS] Bir Lehlu (Sahrawi Republic) -- The President of the Republic, Mr. Brahim Gali, sent a letter of condolences to his Algerian counterpart, Abdelmadjid Tebbounne, in which he expresses his condolences for the victims of forest fires in some wilay...

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 06:04:05 GMT
Dozens Die As Fires Rage Across Algeria
[VOA] Cairo -- Algerian officials are blaming arsonists for setting many of the fires raging in a mountainous region east of the capital Algiers and in more than a dozen other provinces. Algerian state TV says that 65 people have been killed so far.



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