The Latest Breaking News from Algeria

France on Friday confirmed one of its citizens had been killed in Algeria, a day after media reports said two tourists were shot dead by coast guards when they strayed across the maritime border with Morocco.

Two French-Moroccan holidaymakers were shot dead by the Algerian coastguard after they strayed across the maritime border between Morocco and Algeria while jet skiing.

Khaled Nezzar is to be tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity during 1991-2002 Algerian civil war

In tonight's edition: Ethiopia and Egypt are among the six developing nations that have been invited to join the BRICS bloc. And Algeria sends an envoy to Niger for diplomatic talks with the military junta as the regional ECOWAS bloc grows increasingly frustrated with negotiations. Finally, despite an economic crisis…

Algeria has engaged in a diplomatic tour of three Ecowas countries in a bid to broker a diplomatic solution to resolve the crises across the Sahel, and avoid military intervention in Niger.

AU opposes countries outside Africa getting involved, but gives more nuanced position on any Ecowas military action

Local media has reported that the North African country’s Ministry of Culture and Arts notified cinemas to ‘immediately’ pull the film

The North African country said the film allegedly does not abide by its cultural values

Another country has banned Barbie on moral grounds.