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PARIS – The diplomatic discord between Algeria and France deepened Sunday after Algiers banned French military planes from its airspace, its latest response to a row over visas and critical comments from President Emmanuel Macron. France’s jets regularly fly over the former French colony to reach the Sahel region of western Africa, where its soldiers […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that Algeria and Argentina are now free of malaria. This means that there has not been a single case of anyone catching the disease in either country over the past three years. The WHO’s declaration is good news in the face of concern that malaria may be making […]
Thousands of protesters have rallied in the main square of the Algerian capital for the 11th weekly mass demonstration in a row. Weeks of demonstrations forced Bouteflika out of office on April 2 after 20 years in power. Protesters have continued mass demonstrations every Friday, demanding other members of the country’s elite also give way. […]
On Saturday, crowds converged on the heart of Omar al-Bashir’s rule — Sudan’s presidential palace and the nation’s military headquarters — for a mass sit-in calling for the dictator to be deposed. Five days later, the Sudanese strongman had been forced from office, his government dissolved and a military council put in place to oversee a […]
The 82 year old Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has succumbed to calls for him to resign. This comes after weeks of mass protests, from enraged Algerians who took to the streets to protest calling for him to step down. Mr Bouteflika, who has been in power for 20 years, had already dropped plans to seek […]
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika might resign this week, the private Ennahar and El Bilad TV channels said on Sunday, after mass protests and pressure from the army demanding he end his 20-year rule. The reports come after the army chief of staff, Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaed Salah, renewed a call on Saturday for the Constitutional […]
Public transport has been suspended in the Algerian capital, Algiers, ahead of another day of protests against plans by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to seek a fifth term in office. Mass demonstrations now entering their third week have posed the biggest challenge to the ailing 82-year-old president, who has ruled for 20 years and is standing […]
Algerian ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has confirmed that he will be a part of the upcoming elections in April, prompting a fresh round of protests against the incumbent leader’s rule. In a written message to the nation, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said if he is re-elected April 18, he would organize a public referendum on a […]
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