Algeria News

Algeria (AP) Hundreds of teachers are protesting in the Algerian capital and across the country to demand higher salaries, shutting down primary and middle schools. More >

The Al Qaeda offshoot that claimed the abduction in the Malian city of Gao of the Algerian consul and six of his aides is willing to release them, one of the group’s members said Monday. More >

Libya’s leader said on Monday he had obtained an assurance from Algiers that the family of Muammar Gaddafi would be prevented from sabotaging the new Libyan authorities from its refuge in Algeria. More >

An ALGERIAN sentenced to death after being convicted of “involvement” in an airport bombing in the north African nation 20 years ago has won the latest round of a legal fight to stay in the UK. More >

The Islamist gunman whose murder spree shocked France will be buried in his ancestral homeland Algeria, his father told AFP Monday, adding that he planned to sue France over his son’s death. More >

Algeria paid little formal attention to Monday’s 50th anniversary of the cease-fire ending its bloody war of independence from France, and France officially ignored the awkward anniversary. More >

A New Zealand woman in a custody battle with her estranged husband in Algeria has been helped by local government officials and remains hopeful the family will return to New Zealand soon. More >

The most senior Algerian official to visit Libya since its revolution promised on Monday that members of Muammar Gaddafi’s family given refuge on Algerian soil will not be allowed to meddle in Libyan affairs. More >

Algeria has uncovered a large cache of weapons believed to originate from Libya, including dozens of shoulder-launched missiles that can be used to shoot down airliners, newspapers said Monday. More >

Gen. Mohammed Lamari, who led Algeria’s military during a decade of civil war that crushed the nation’s Islamic rebel groups, died Monday. He was 73. More >