Algeria News

Fifty years on, France remains divided over how to mark the Algerian war, a bitter conflict which ended 132 years of colonial rule in the north African territory while very nearly tearing French society apart. More >

OPEC member Algeria has no plans to increase its oil exports to compensate for any fall in Iranian exports stemming from tighter U.S. and European sanctions, its energy minister said on Thursday. More >

A court in Algeria has sentenced a fugitve leader of al-Qaeda’s north African wing and three of his followers to death for attacks against the military.

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A ruling party leader says Islamists could take up to 40 percent of the vote in upcoming parliamentary elections in Algeria. Abdelaziz Belkhadem, the secretary-general of the National Liberation Front, the largest party in the parliament, spoke at a press conference Monday. More >

“This is a net step backwards and a freeze in the sector of the media, in contradiction with international standards,” Mohamed Mahmoudi of the Movement for a Peaceful Society (MSP), an Islamist member of the presidential alliance, told a plenary session of parliament. More >

During a joint press conference he held in with Egyptian Foreign Minister on Sunday, Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci stressed that Algeria will not withdraw its ambassador in Damascus. More >

The Algerian military has arrested four people who are believed to have participated in the kidnapping of an Italian and two Spanish aid workers more than a week ago. More >

Unidentified gunmen have abducted three European aid workers from an refugee camp in western Algeria, officials said Monday. More >

Torrential downpours have killed at least nine people and ruined hundreds of homes in the town of el- Bayadh, 700 km (435 miles) south of Algeria, state-run APS news agency reported Monday. More >