The Latest Breaking News from Algiers

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Following the July 26 military coup in Niger, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) issued an ultimatum demanding a return to constitutional order. After the ultimatum expired on the evening of August 6, Nigeriens feared an imminent military intervention. In this context, several misleading videos began to circulate…

Wildfires across Algeria have killed 25 people, including 10 soldiers trying to get the flames under control in the face of high winds and scorching summer temperatures, government ministries said.

A visit by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to Paris was postponed, French newspaper Le Figaro cited sources as saying. According to information reported by the newspaper, the symbolic trip of the Algerian president, which was to take place on May 2- 3, has been postponed by mutual agreement without new…

A court in Algiers sentenced a prominent journalist to five years in prison with two years suspended on Sunday

Algerian Minister of Energy and Mines Mohamed Arkab has met with the CEO of the French energy group (Engie), Catherine MacGregor, who visited Algiers on Tuesday and Wednesday. The meeting addressed the current state of the international natural gas market and commercial opportunities and prospects for investment in exporting electricity…

Algeria’s arms imports have drastically decreased since 2018, according to a study published recently by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The arms imports of Algeria dropped by 58 percent during the past four years. Algiers and Moscow have been preparing for a year a “strategic document” for cooperation.

FRANCE 24's former correspondent in Algeria, Moncef Ait Kaci, was tried on Wednesday in Algiers for "funding received from abroad and publication of information harmful to the national interest", according to the prosecutor.

British Minister of State for the Armed Forces James Stephen Heappey has said that the UK acknowledges the historic Algerian-Russian ties. The UK is willing to help Ukraine reach the goals determined by the people and democratically-elected government, he added. He made his remarks in an interview on Wednesday with…

At least ten people died and 25 others were injured after their bus fell into a ravine in northeastern Algeria on Friday, civil protection officials said. The bus was travelling from Algiers to Tikjda, a mountain resort popular with tourists, when it fell 150 meters into a ravine near the…

Algeria is currently planning to establish a base for economic and investment cooperation with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, an Algerian diplomat told Asharq Al-Awsat on Saturday. Saudi-Algerian relations have recently witnessed remarkable development. Change could be felt through the high level of consultation and cooperation between Algiers and Riyadh.