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'Welcome to 2976' - North Africa's Amazigh people ring in the new year
Across North Africa, the Amazigh people have been coming together to usher in the year 2976. They have, unfortunately, not cracked time…
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CAN 2025: a surprise guest for Algeria – Burkina Faso
CAN 2025 – Algeria vs Burkina Faso: a surprise guest at the event CAN 2025: a surprise guest for Algeria – Burkina Faso Algeria continues…
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Algerian law declares France's colonisation a crime
Algeria's parliament has unanimously passed a law declaring France's colonisation of the North African state a crime, and demanding an…
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Algeria: a look back at 20 AFCON appearances
Algeria – AFCON: 20 appearances, two titles Algeria: a look back at 20 AFCON appearances On the eve of a new continental campaign,…
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CAN 2025: How has Burkina Faso fared against their Group E rivals?
How has Burkina Faso fared against their Group E rivals in CAN 2025? Burkina Faso/@fasozine Burkina Faso are still chasing their…
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African nations push for recognition of colonial crimes and reparations
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — African leaders pushed Sunday to have colonial-era crimes recognized, criminalized and addressed through…
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French relief as Algeria frees jailed novelist at centre of diplomatic crisis
Almost a year to the day since French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal was arrested on arrival at Algiers airport, the Algerian presidency…
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Petrojet wins $1.08bn contract for Algerian oilfield development
Egyptian state-owned integrated contractor Petrojet has secured a $1.08bn (E£51.38bn) contract for the phase two development of the Hassi…
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Mali files ICJ case against Algeria over the destruction of a military reconnaissance drone
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Mali’s transitional government said Thursday it has filed a case against Algeria at the International Court of…
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Outcry after Algeria sentences French sports journalist to seven years in jail
French journalists' unions on Tuesday called on Algeria to release a French football writer who has been jailed for seven years for…
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Algerian court upholds writer's 5-year sentence in a case that’s strained ties with France
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A court in Algeria on Tuesday upheld Franco-Algerian author Boualem Sansal's five-year prison sentence in a case…
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French sportswriter sentenced to 7 years for 'glorifying terrorism' in Algeria
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A French journalist has been sentenced to seven years in prison in Algeria over an interview with a soccer…
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Drought, rising prices and dwindling herds undercut this year's Eid al-Adha in North Africa
CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Flocks of sheep once quilted Morocco’s mountain pastures, stretched across Algeria’s vast plateaus and grazed…
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As Europe celebrates the triumph of V-E Day, Algeria marks parallel legacy of colonial-era massacres
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — As Europe celebrates the 80th anniversary of its triumph over fascism and the end of World War II, Algeria is…
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Algeria drafts wartime mobilization bill amid regional tensions
ALGIERS (AP) — Algeria's government proposed a law to streamline military mobilization amid tensions with neighboring countries Morocco…
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More than 1,800 migrants expelled from Algeria into Niger, rights group says
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian authorities rounded up more than 1,800 migrants and left them at the Nigerien border in a record…
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Paris expels 12 Algerian diplomats and recalls ambassador
Paris has expelled 12 Algerian diplomats in response to the expulsion of French embassy staff from Algeria, and President Emmanuel Macron…
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Algeria expels 12 French embassy officials over arrests, France says
Algeria has instructed 12 French embassy officials to leave the country, authorities in Paris said on Monday. The background is a dispute…
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Algeria to expel 12 French embassy officials
Algeria has asked 12 French embassy staff to leave the country within 48 hours, France's foreign minister has said. Jean-Noel Barrot added…
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Mali accuses Algeria of sponsoring terror after downing drone
Mali has accused neighbouring Algeria of being a sponsor and exporter of terrorism after Algeria shot down a Malian drone close to their…
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Sahel alliance recalls ambassadors from Algeria after the downing of a Malian drone
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A military alliance between Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger withdrew their respective ambassadors from Algeria in…
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Algeria says it downed a drone near its border with Mali as tensions simmer between the 2 countries
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Algeria said Tuesday it shot down a military drone near the country's border with Mali in the first incident of its…
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France outraged by imprisonment of author Boualem Sansal in Algeria
France has reacted with outrage to the sentencing of Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, 80, who was given five years in prison by an…
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Macron urges Algeria to free writer jailed for Morocco comments
France's President Emmanuel Macron is urging Algeria to free an 80-year-old writer who was sentenced on Tuesday to five years in prison,…