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

French hostage beheaded in Algeria

Wednesday, September 24th 2014, 17:57
related countries: France

France confirms an Algerian jihadist group linked to IS has beheaded 55-year-old tourist Herve Gourdel, who was seized on Sunday.
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Algeria militants seize Frenchman

Tuesday, September 23rd 2014, 15:39
related countries: France

Militants linked to Islamic State have seized a French tourist in Algeria and demanded an end to French air strikes in Iraq, France confirms.
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JS Kabylie given two year Caf ban

Monday, September 22nd 2014, 16:27

Algerian club JS Kabylie are banned for two years from continental tournaments over the death of Albert Ebosse.
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Father 'won't forgive' siege killers

Monday, September 15th 2014, 18:59
related countries: Colombia, United Kingdom

The father of one of the British men killed in the Algerian gas plant siege last year tells an inquest that his son's killers are not "forgiven or understood".
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Kabylie punished over Ebosse death

Friday, September 12th 2014, 11:00
related countries: Cameroon

Algerian club JS Kabylie are banned from playing at home for the rest of the season following the death of Cameroonian Albert Ebosse.
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Algeria halts football after death

Monday, August 25th 2014, 11:23

Algeria suspends football indefinitely following the death of player Albert Ebosse, who was hit by a stone thrown by fans.
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Player dies after head hit by object

Sunday, August 24th 2014, 15:30
related countries: Cameroon

Cameroonian striker Albert Ebosse dies after being hit by an object thrown from the stands during a game in Algeria.
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Wreckage of Algeria plane found

Friday, July 25th 2014, 7:06
related countries: Burkina Faso, Mali
related places: Algiers

The wreckage of a plane that disappeared with 116 people on board on a flight from Burkina Faso to Algiers has been found in Mali, officials say.
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Tunisian soldiers killed in attack

Thursday, July 17th 2014, 14:22
related countries: Tunisia

At least 14 Tunisian soldiers are killed in a militant attack, said to be the most deadly incident in the country's history.
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Mali and rebels exchange prisoners

Tuesday, July 15th 2014, 19:32
related countries: Mali
related places: Algiers

Mali's government and Tuareg rebels exchange dozens of prisoners in a goodwill gesture on the eve of peace talks in Algiers.
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Germany 2-1 Algeria

Monday, June 30th 2014, 23:18
related countries: Germany

Germany will play France in the quarter-finals of the World Cup after defeating Algeria in their last-16 tie.
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Algeria coach angry at Ramadan focus

Monday, June 30th 2014, 0:04

Algeria coach Vahid Halilhodzic refuses to name which of his Muslim players are observing Ramadan during the World Cup.
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Algeria celebrates World Cup success

Friday, June 27th 2014, 10:01

Tens of thousands of fans party across Algeria after their team qualifies for the knock-out phase of the World Cup for the first time.
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World Cup: Algeria 1-1 Russia

Thursday, June 26th 2014, 22:37
related countries: Russia

Algeria come from behind to draw with Russia and earn a place in the last 16 of the Fifa World Cup for the first time.
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South Korea 2-4 Algeria

Sunday, June 22nd 2014, 22:36
related countries: South Korea

Algeria move up to second in Fifa World Cup Group H as they overcome South Korea in Porto Alegre.
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Belgium 2-1 Algeria

Tuesday, June 17th 2014, 18:52
related countries: Belgium

Marouane Fellaini and Dries Mertens score as Belgium come from behind to beat Algeria in World Cup Group H.
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Algeria militants kill 14 soldiers

Sunday, April 20th 2014, 14:36
related places: Algiers

Islamist militants kill 14 Algerian soldiers in an ambush on a military convoy in mountains east of the capital Algiers.
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Algeria's president gets fourth term

Friday, April 18th 2014, 16:54

Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who suffered a stroke last year, wins a fourth term in office taking more than 81% of the vote.
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Algeria votes on Bouteflika's future

Friday, April 18th 2014, 0:15

Algerians have voted in elections in which incumbent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who suffered a stroke last year, is seeking a fourth term.
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Thousands join rare Algeria rally

Saturday, March 22nd 2014, 2:20

Thousands of Algerian opposition supporters call for a boycott of next month's presidential election during an unprecedented mass rally.
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