Algerian firefighters are struggling against an unprecedented wave of deadly and devastating wildfires that have prompted the president to call for reinstating the death penalty for arsonists.
The fires have spread across several provinces, creating a vast front of flames stretching from the center to the far east of the country. Civil Protection units, supported by army squadrons, were still battling flare-ups in the provinces of Sétif and Guelma this week, where large swathes of forests have been burned.
