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Wed, 03 Mar 2021 15:41:51 GMT
France Admits Torture, Murder of Key Independence Fighter
[RFI] French forces tortured and murdered Algerian freedom fighter Ali Boumendjel during his country's war for independence, President Emmanuel Macron admitted, in an official reappraisal of a death that was for years covered up as a suicide.

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 08:11:49 GMT
Major Government Reshuffle to Be Conducted After Coming Legislative Elections
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune, announced Monday that a major reshuffle of the Government would take place after the next legislative elections.

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 07:17:35 GMT
Covid-19 Variants - Algeria to Maintain Borders, Airspace Closed
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday decided to maintain the preventive measures taken to curb the Covid 19 spread, in particular the closure of borders and airspace.

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 07:17:18 GMT
'The Art of Losing' Lays Bare the Indignity of Being Stripped
[East African] During the Algerian War of Independence from 1954 to 1962, some Algerians, called Harkis, sided with France. After the war some of them escaped to France fearing for their lives. The Art of Losing novel by Alice Zeniter focuses on one ...

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 04:52:21 GMT
President Calls Early Election, Pardons Jailed Protesters
[DW] Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune dissolved the parliament and announced a government reshuffle in a highly anticipated address to the nation. The new elections are likely to take place by the end of the year.

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 11:27:13 GMT
Algeria Sentences Jihadist to Death for Murder of French Mountaineer
[RFI] An Algerian court has sentenced a man to death for the kidnapping and murder of French hiker Hervé Gourdel in 2014, after a high profile one-day trial.

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 05:15:41 GMT
Thousands Take to the Streets to Relaunch Protest Movement
[DW] The Hirak movement, which ousted former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, has been given a new breath of life after a year of coronavirus restrictions.



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