July 16

• Algeria: Bouteflika Leaves Paris Hospital for Algeria, Reports

  Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika headed home from France on Tuesday, according to an airport source, after a lengthy stint in a Paris hospital which caused concern back... Read more »

June 27

• Tunisia: Equal Marriage Rights for All, but Not for All Foreigners

  Gay marriage has been legal in France since May. However, some expatriates won't be able to marry their same-sex partners because of bilateral agreements signed between France and... Read more »

June 10

• Algeria: Michelin to Shed 700 Jobs in France, Sell Algeria Operation

  Tyre-maker Michelin is to shed 700 jobs at one of its French factories and sell its Algerian operation. The company, which says it will invest 800 million euros in France, is... Read more »

May 21

• Algeria: French Expatriate Fined for Calling Algerian 'Dirty Arab'

  A French expatriate has been given a three-month suspended sentence and fined for calling an Algerian employee a "dirty Arab". Read more »

• Algeria: Algerian Press Demand Truth On Bouteflika's Health

  Algerian newspapers on Tuesday denounced a news blackout by the government over the state of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who has been in a French hospital for three weeks. The... Read more »

May 19

• Algeria: Algeria Censors Daily Newspapers Over Bouteflika 'Coma' Claim

  Algeria censored reports by two daily newspapers that claimed President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in a Parisian hospital since last month, would be flown home in a coma after his... Read more »

April 29

• Africa: African Press Review 29 April 2013

  In the African press this morning: the Algerian President is in hospital in Paris; Kenya wins the Confederations of African Rugby Sevens tournament; and questions about a mining... Read more »

April 28

• Algeria: President Bouteflika Flown to Paris After 'Mini-Stroke'

  Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was in a Paris hospital Sunday after suffering a mini-stroke. Ther 76-year-old president is not seriously ill, doctors have told the APS... Read more »

April 20

• Algeria: French and Algerian Youth Filmmakers Renegotiate Algeria's Image

  The documentary film Un été à Alger (A Summer in Algiers) is a look at Algiers through the lens of four young Algerian filmmakers. The film's directors,... Read more »

March 04

• Algeria: Film Examines Life in Algeria After Independence

  A special week of events to discuss anti-colonialism has ended in Paris with arts exhibitions and debates to discuss the colonialism that still exists around the world today. RFI... Read more »

February 17

• Algeria: Trial of Algerian Baby-Trafficking Doctor Adjourned As Five Accused Stay in France

  The trial of a fake Algerian doctor and 12 accomplices, accused of selling the babies of single mothers to families in France, was adjourned on Sunday because five of the accused... Read more »

January 31

• Cote d'Ivoire/Algeria: Didier Drogba In Top Form Against Desert Foxes

  Five things we learned from Day 12. Read more »

January 18

• Algeria: Paris to Open Inquiry On Algerian Gas Field Hostage Crisis

  France will open an inquiry on the ongoing hostage crisis at an Algerian gas field amid confusion over the number of casualties and survivors following an Algerian military raid. Read more »

January 23

• Algeria: Japan Wants Answers On Algeria Gas Plant Siege

  One of the hostage-takers killed at Algeria's In Amenas gas complex had worked at the site, security sources say, possibly answering questions as to how the Islamists were able to... Read more »

• Nigeria: African Press Review 23 January 2013

  Kano clamps down on achaba. The Algerian hostage crisis could threaten plans for a trans-Sahara pipline. Was the Henry Okah verdict politically motivated? And is the SA farmworkers... Read more »

January 22

• Algeria: Hostage-Takers Threaten to Attack France

  Five foreigners were still missing on Tuesday in the aftermath of the hostage crisis at Algeria's remote In Amenas gas plant. The Islamist group that staged the attack has... Read more »

January 18

• Algeria: Frenchman 'Hid Under Bed for 40 Hours' During Algeria Hostage Crisis

  A French hostage said he hid under his bed for 40 hours before he was rescued by soldiers from the hostage crisis at an Algerian gas field. Read more »

• Algeria: African Press Review 18 January 2013

  African press coverage is dominated by the hostage crisis at an Algerian gas plant. Also, South Sudan agrees to pull back fro, a contested border with Sudan, and Barack Obama's... Read more »

January 19

• Algeria: French Citizen Killed in Algerian Hostage Crisis

  A Frenchman has been killed during an operation to rescue workers held hostage by Islamic militants at a gas field in eastern Algeria. Read more »

January 20

• Algeria: Special Forces End Hostage Crisis

  The French President and Foreign Minister have defended Algeria’s handling of the hostage crisis at a gas field which ended with at least 23 workers and 32 Islamic militants... Read more »

January 17

• Algeria: Hostages, Assailants Killed in Army Attack - Report

  NIA, a Mauritanian news agency, quoting a spokesman for the kidnappers, reports that 35 hostages and 15 assailants have been killed, after an Algerian army attack on the In Amenas... Read more »

• Algeria: Hostage-Takers Demand Release of Mali Captives

  Islamist hostage-takers holding captives, at the In Amenas gas field in Algeria, called on Thursday for the release of Islamist extremists being held in neighbouring Mali. Read more »

January 16

• Algeria: Militants Abduct Dozens in Gas Field Attack

  Armed militants with suspected links to Al-Qaeda have killed two people, wounded six others and abducted 41 foreigners in an attack on a gas field run by the oil giant BP in... Read more »

December 31, 2012

• North Africa: Protestors Occupy Embassy Over Migrants

  Several dozen protesters occupied the offices of the Vatican's embassy in Paris on Monday to support a group of undocumented migrants who are on hunger strike and who were thrown... Read more »

December 20, 2012

• Algeria: French President Condemns Colonial Rule

  France's President François Hollande called France's colonial rule of Algeria "unjust and brutal", speaking to the Algerian parliament on Thursday. Read more »