Category: Algeria

Algeria: new amendment to candidacy application to presidential elections

July 24, 2019

The Algerian Constitutional Council Tuesday brought several amendments to its working rules, including the obligation for candidates to the presidential election to submit their bids ... Read More

Tindouf: The Case of Missing Ahmed Khalil Reignites Protests

July 23, 2019

About one hundred demonstrators have joined the members of the family of Ahmed Khalil in a sit-in organized in front of UNHCR headquarters in Tindouf ... Read More

Algeria-Iran: release of Sonatrach oil tanker seized in Strait of Hormuz

July 22, 2019

Algeria’s gas and oil company, Sonatrach, announced Sunday that Iranian authorities had freed its oil tanker one hour 15 minutes after it was forced Friday ... Read More

Algeria: Financial Times sounds alarm over crackdown on media

July 19, 2019

London-based The Financial Times Thursday deplored the Algerian state’s crackdown on media as security forces on a weekly basis have been clamping down on thousands ... Read More

Algeria: Civil society, political parties field 13 figures for dialogue with regime

July 19, 2019

Several civil society groups and political parties regrouped under the banner of “Civilian Forum for Change” have appointed 13 personalities among whom two former Prime ... Read More

Tindouf: Whereabouts of three Sahrawi Activists Arrested by Polisario Known

July 16, 2019

The whereabouts of the three Sahrawi activists, who were arrested on June 17 by the Polisario armed militias, is finally known. They are held in ... Read More

Sahara : UN Adopts Electronic System to Monitor Humanitarian Aid in Tindouf

July 11, 2019

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has decided to deploy an electronic system in the Tindouf camps to monitor the international humanitarian aid and prevent its ... Read More

Algeria: Army Chief backs interim President’s call for dialogue

July 10, 2019

The head of the Algerian army Wednesday threw his support behind interim President’s last week call a national and neutral dialogue in view of setting ... Read More

Libya: Algerian FM denies Prime Minister’s hostile comments on Haftar

July 10, 2019

Algeria’s foreign ministry Wednesday denied Prime Minister’s criticism of Khalifa Haftar whom he said is nothing “compared to the holiness and greatness of Libya as ... Read More

Algeria: Opposition, civil society groups demand Presidential election in six-month time

July 8, 2019

A group Algerian opposition parties and civil society groups Saturday demanded authorities to hold election in six months as the North African gradual inches towards ... Read More