November 12

• Algeria: Missing Bodies Found After Plane Crash

  The bodies of the two passengers missing after the crash of an Algerian military plane in southern France have been found in the wreckage, investigators announced Saturday. Read more »

November 11

• Algeria: Military Plane Crashes

  Rescue workers were searching a remote mountainous area of France on Saturday for the bodies of two passengers of an Algerian military plane that crashed on Friday. Read more »

November 1

• Algeria: Algerians Want Colonial Crimes Recognised

  An Algerian minister has called for acknowledgement of crimes committed against Algerians during France's colonisation of the country, ahead of the 58th anniversary of the war for... Read more »

October 22

• Algeria: France to Seek "Strategic Partnership" with Algeria

  France will seek a "strategic partnership" with Algeria when President François Hollande goes there in December but not a "friendship treaty", Foreign Minister Laurent... Read more »

July 16

• Algeria: French Minister Meets Bouteflika

  France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius made his first official trip to Algeria on Monday, where he met with President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to discuss relations between the two... Read more »

July 6

• Algeria: Who is Running Algeria 50 Years After End of French Rule?

  The UN threatens shrine-destroyers in Mali but won't send in the troops. West Africans and are set to discuss Islamist armed groups. Who is running Algeria 50 years after the end... Read more »

July 5

• Algeria: Nation Celebrates 50 Years of Independence - France Keeps Mum

  Algeria celebrated 50 years of independence on Thursday with musicals and razzamatazz. But there were no official events to mark the anniversary of the end of the Algerian war in... Read more »

May 14

• Algeria: Ruling National Liberation Front Wins Election

  Algeria's ruling National Liberation Front has won legislative elections in a blow for the Islamists who were hoping to ride on the Arab Spring's tide of democratic change. Read more »

May 11

• Algeria: Low Turnout Feared in General Election

  Algeria's state-run television showed crowds rushing to vote in as polls opened Thursday's general election but commentators predict a high abstention rate, perhaps even higher... Read more »

April 13

• Algeria: African Press Review 13 April 2012

  Friday's review of the African press focuses on Algeria where there are continuing reactions to the death of Algeria's first post-independence president Ahmed Ben Bella. Read more »

April 12

• Algeria: Country Declares Eight Days of Mourning for Independence Leader Ben Bella

  Algerian President Abdelaziz Boutflika has declared eight days of mourning for Ahmed Ben Bella, the revolutionary who became Algeria's first president who died in Algiers Wednesday... Read more »

April 8

• Algeria: Kidnapped Diplomats Freed

  The seven Algerian diplomats kidnapped in northern Mali have been freed, according to the Algiers-based El Watan newspaper. Read more »

March 29

• Algeria: Govt Refuses to Allow Burial of Toulouse Killer

  Mohamed Merah, the Islamist gunman who killed three Jewish schoolchildren, a teacher and three soldiers near Toulouse, will be buried in France because Algeria refused a request... Read more »

March 19

• Algeria: No Commemoration in Paris of War of Independence From France

  The French defence minister on Monday justified the decision not to hold official commemorations in France to mark the 50th anniversary of the Evian Accords, the ceasefire... Read more »

February 23

• Algeria: Official Media Deny Reports of Ben Bella's Death

  Algeria's official news agency on Thursday denied a report that the country's first president, Ahmed Ben Bella, has died. Ben Bella, who is 96 years old, was taken to a military... Read more »

October 31, 2011

• North Africa: Maghreb's First Metro System Opens

  Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika inaugurated the first underground rail system in a Maghreb country, when he cut the ribbon at a ceremony in a new metro station in Algiers... Read more »

October 17, 2011

• Algeria: Govt Issues Stamp to Mark Killings in Paris

  Algeria's post office on Monday issued a new stamp to commemorate the massacre on October 17 1961, of Algerian-born people in Paris by French police who were breaking up a protest... Read more »

October 3, 2011

• Algeria: Storms Kill Ten, Make Hundreds Homeless in Southern Region

  Storms have killed 10 people and left 150 families homeless in southern Algeria. Heavy rain has lashed the El Bayadh region since Friday, raising water levels by 13 metres in the... Read more »

September 12, 2011

• Libya: Where Is Kadhafi? World Asks As NTC Claims He Is Surrounded

  Libya's new rulers claim they know where Moamer Kadhafi is and are closing in on him. After Tuesday's report of a convoy of Kadhafi forces crossing into Niger, the National... Read more »

August 30, 2011

• Libya: Opposition Gives Gaddafi Forces Surrender Ultimatum

  Rebels in Libya have given a Saturday ultimatum for Moamer Kadhafi's forces to surrender or face a military onslaught. Read more »

• Libya: Gaddafi's Wife and Children Flee to Algeria

  The wife of embattled Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's and three of his children have fled to Algeria as rebels close in on his hometown of Sirte. Algiers confirmed that Kadhafi's... Read more »

August 15, 2011

• Algeria: Suicide Bomb Attack Wounds Dozens

  A suicide bomb attack on a police station in eastern Algeria early Sunday injured 29 people, according to reports. Read more »

June 29, 2011

• Algeria: Court Sentences Chinese Workers After Roadblock Protest

  An Algerian court has sentenced 15 Chinese workers to a suspended six-month jail term and a fine of 100 euros for blocking a road because their employer had decided to send them... Read more »

April 9, 2011

• Algeria: Govt Jails Three Alleged French Spies

  Two former Algerian soldiers and a computer specialist have been jailed for ten years after being convicted of spying for France. Read more »

March 24, 2011

• Algeria/Morocco: Fifty Injured in Soccer Ticket Frenzy

  Up to 50 people, including five police officers, were injured in jostling in the Algerian town of Annaba as football fans rushed to buy tickets for the CAN 2012 qualifier match... Read more »