News: Algeria

We have started to collect the most important news related to Algeria in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Algeria: news

Mali rebels release aid workers

Wednesday, July 18th 2012, 22:04
related countries: Mali

Three European aid workers are released by Islamist rebels in Mali after being kidnapped from Algeria last October.
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Three Algerian diplomats released

Monday, July 16th 2012, 16:16
related countries: Mali

Three Algerian diplomats kidnapped by Islamist militants in neighbouring Mali have been released, Algeria's Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci says.
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An Algerian child bomber with no regrets

Sunday, July 1st 2012, 23:55

Losing legs was worth it, says Algerian independence fighter
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Gun smugglers attacked in Tunisia

Thursday, June 21st 2012, 13:40
related countries: Libya, Tunisia

A Tunisian military plane destroys cars packed with weapons travelling near the border of Libya and Algeria.
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VIDEO: France's war in Algeria explored

Sunday, June 17th 2012, 7:41
related countries: France
related places: Paris

An exhibition has opened in Paris to mark the 50th anniversary of Algerian independence from France.
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France's war in Algeria explored

Saturday, June 16th 2012, 23:36
related countries: France
related places: Paris

Paris exhibition explores France's war in Algeria
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Algerian lawmakers stage walkout

Saturday, May 26th 2012, 22:29

More than 60 Algerian lawmakers walk out of the inaugural session of parliament in protest at alleged fraud in elections two weeks ago.
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Rwanda's Mafisango in fatal crash

Thursday, May 17th 2012, 10:04
related countries: Rwanda

Patrick Mafisango, a member of Rwanda's squad for next month's 2014 World Cup qualifier against Algeria, has died in a car accident on Thursday morning in Dar es Salaam.
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Ruling party wins Algeria polls

Friday, May 11th 2012, 16:41

Algeria's governing National Liberation Front (FLN) wins parliamentary elections, official results say, amid widespread voter apathy.
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Algeria votes for new parliament

Thursday, May 10th 2012, 23:47

Algerian have voted in parliamentary elections billed by the authorities as historically transparent, but marred by a low turnout.
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Founding father of Algeria dies

Wednesday, April 11th 2012, 20:11
related places: Algiers

The first president of independent Algeria, Ahmed Ben Bella, dies at his home in Algiers after an illness, official media say.
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Gunman 'denied' burial in Algeria

Thursday, March 29th 2012, 12:25
related countries: France

Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah is to be buried in France after Algerian officials deny permission for a burial, a French Muslim official says.
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Gunman's father 'to sue France'

Wednesday, March 28th 2012, 21:04
related countries: France
related places: Toulouse

The father of the man who killed seven people in Toulouse hires a lawyer in Algeria to sue the French police over his death, French media report.
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Algeria al-Qaeda chief sentenced

Tuesday, March 13th 2012, 17:39
related places: Algiers

A court in the Algerian capital Algiers sentences local al-Qaeda chief Abdelmalek Droukdel to death in absentia for terrorism and murder.
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VIDEO: Snowstorm 'unusual sight' in Algeria

Wednesday, January 18th 2012, 22:04

A cold snap in Algeria led to an unusual sight in the North African country, with scenes of palm trees surrounded by snow.
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Turkey accuses France of genocide

Friday, December 23rd 2011, 18:04
related countries: France, Turkey

Turkey accuses France of genocide in colonial Algeria, after French MPs backed a bill criminalising denial of genocide in 1915-16 Armenia.
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Cameroon's Eto'o gets 15-game ban

Friday, December 16th 2011, 21:11
related countries: Cameroon
related places: Eto

Cameroon captain Samuel Eto'o is banned for 15 matches by the national football federation for his part in a players' strike that saw a friendly with Algeria cancelled.
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Long-awaited Algeria metro opens

Tuesday, November 1st 2011, 13:03
related countries: Egypt
related places: Algiers, Cairo

Thousands of people use the underground metro in Algeria's capital, Algiers, as it opens 28 years after construction first began.
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Normal scoops Doha Tribeca prize

Monday, October 31st 2011, 11:47
related countries: Qatar

A movie about disillusioned Algerian youth wins the top prize at the Doha Tribeca film festival, which honours Middle Eastern cinema.
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Aid workers kidnapped in Algeria

Sunday, October 23rd 2011, 21:45
related countries: Western Sahara

Three European aid workers are kidnapped from a camp for Western Sahara refugees in Algeria.
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