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Algerians protest for 11th Friday to push power elite out
Thousands of Algerians are holding their 11th straight week of protests to pressure those in power to leave, a month after Abdelaziz Bouteflika was ... North Africa -
Algeria ex-PM questioned in widening probe into longtime elite
Former Algerian prime minister Ahmed Ouyahia was questioned on Tuesday in a widening investigation into alleged corruption in the inner circle of ... North Africa -
Algeria’s ex-police chief to face graft probe
A former Algerian police chief once considered a pillar of the regime of ousted president Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been summoned for questioning about ... North Africa -
Leader of outlawed Algeria Islamist party dies in exile
The founder of an outlawed Algerian opposition party that pushed for the creation of an Islamic state died Wednesday in Qatar where he was living in ... North Africa -
Algeria’s billionaire Kouninef brothers placed in temporary custody
Four brothers from the Kouninef family - billionaires close to Algeria’s former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika - have been placed in temporary ... North Africa -
Algeria and Sudan can learn from the political transitions of 2011
As unrest sweeps away long-tenured rulers in Algeria and Sudan, there are lessons the new political generations there can draw from other transitions ... Middle East -
Five Algerian billionaires arrested as part of anti-graft investigation: State TV
Five Algerian billionaires, some of them close to former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika who quit over mass protests, have been arrested as part of an ... North Africa -
Algerians rally to demand top union chief’s resignation
Hundreds of Algerians rallied on Wednesday outside the offices of the country’s biggest union, calling for its chief to quit over his ties to ... North Africa -
Algeria’s constitutional council chief quits
The head of Algeria’s constitutional council stepped down on Tuesday after weeks facing the ire of protesters, state television reported. Tayeb ... North Africa -
Algeria sets presidential election for July 4
Algeria will hold a presidential election on July 4, a statement from the presidency said on Wednesday. Algeria’s interim president ... North Africa -
Algerian interim president promises free elections
Algeria’s interim president, in a televised speech, promised on Tuesday to organize free elections within 90 days following weeks of protests ... North Africa -
Algeria’s interior ministry allows 10 new political parties
Algeria’s interior ministry has issued licenses for 10 new political parties, Ennahar TV channel reported on Wednesday after, an interim ... North Africa -
Algeria’s upper house speaker Abdelkader Bensalah appointed as interim president
Lawmakers named the speaker of the upper house as Algeria’s first new president in two decades Tuesday, state television reported, after the ... North Africa -
Algeria lawmakers to meet Tuesday to name interim president: state media
Algeria’s parliament is set to meet Tuesday to name an interim successor to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, state media reported, after mass ... North Africa -
Algeria’s tidy revolutionaries: Cleanup after mass protests
Algeria’s protesters roam the streets picking up bottles, papers and other litter left behind, after massive pro-democracy demonstrations ... Variety -
Ennahar TV: Algerian intelligence chief sacked
Algeria’s intelligence chief, Athmane Tartag, has been removed from his post, private Ennahar television station reported on Friday. Tartag, a ... North Africa -
Kremlin hopes for transition in Algeria without foreign ‘interference’
The Kremlin on Wednesday said it hoped for a transition of power in Algeria without foreign “interference” after President Abdelaziz ... World News -
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika officially resigns: State TV
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned on Tuesday announcing he was standing down in a statement carried by state news agency APS, shortly ... North Africa -
Seven Algerian businessmen investigated for corruption: Ennahar TV
Algerian authorities have seized the passports of seven businessmen under investigation over corruption allegations, the private Ennahar TV reported ... North Africa -
Algerian President Bouteflika to resign before end of term
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika will resign before the end of his term, a statement issued by the Algerian presidency said on ... North Africa -
Algeria’s Bouteflika names new caretaker government
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika named a new caretaker government on Sunday, keeping Army Chief of Staff Ahmed Gaed Salah in his post as deputy ... North Africa -
UN Secretary-General urges democratic transition in Algeria
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday that he welcomed efforts towards a peaceful and democratic transition in Algeria, where weeks of ... North Africa -
Protest-hit Algeria expels a Reuters correspondent
Algerian authorities on Sunday expelled a Reuters journalist who had been covering anti-government protests in the North African country a day after ... Television & Radio -
Million protesters march against Algeria’s Bouteflika
About one million people took to the streets of Algiers on Friday to demand the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, police officers at the ... North Africa -
Protesters gather in Algiers as Bouteflika clings to power
Thousands of protesters gathered in central Algiers on Friday, piling pressure on President Abdel Aziz Bouteflika to resign days after the ... North Africa -
Algerian protests leader rejects army proposal on Bouteflika
A leader of the Algerian protests rejected on Wednesday the army chief’s proposal to make a constitutional move against President Abdelaziz ... North Africa -
Algeria’s ruling coalition partner RND urges Bouteflika to resign
The leader of Algeria’s ruling coalition partner RND (Democratic National Rally) party, Ahmed Ouyahia, urged President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to ... North Africa -
Algeria army chief demands Bouteflika be declared unfit to rule
Algeria’s army chief called on Tuesday for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to be declared unfit to govern, following weeks of mass protests ... North Africa -
Algeria opposition propose six-month political transition
A group of Algerian opposition parties and unions proposed on Saturday a “roadmap” to end a political crisis and weeks of protests sparked ... North Africa -
Hundreds of Algerian lawyers march to demand Bouteflika’s departure
Hundreds of Algerian lawyers protested again on Saturday in the capital to demand the immediate resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika who has ... North Africa