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Qatari news network, Al Jazeera, will soon resume operating in Algeria 20 years after authorities shut down the office of the Doha-media. Algerian authorities reportedly early this week validated a license application from the media. They however rebuffed the renewal Read more
Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman (MbS) could not meet during his two-day visit to Algeria with President Abdelaziz Bouteflika who, according to his office, is suffering from acute flu. The Saudi royal arrived in Algiers Sunday for a two-day Read more
“The study of Algerian politics has something of seismology about it. There is no doubt that there is an underlying volcano.” This is the introduction of a column by the editorial board of the Financial Times published Sunday. The volcano Read more
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria has arrived in the Swiss city of Geneva Monday for medical ‘routine’ checkup which he has been regularly going through since suffering a stroke in 2013. The checkup announced by the state-run APS takes place Read more
Algeria’s Premier Ahmed Ouyahia has thrown his backing behind a fifth term in office for ailing 81-year old Abdelaziz Bouteflika as he argued that the president is the man of the country’s unity. Algerians will be called to polls to Read more
Venezuelan President left Algiers Monday without meeting with his peer Abdelaziz Bouteflika, although the meeting had been scheduled. The Algerian Presidency did not clarify why the encounter did not happen but speculations and critics point at the Algerian President’s health Read more
Islam-dominated countries including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Niger have been invited to attend an Arab-Islamic-American summit planned in Riyadh during US President Donald Trump’s next week visit to Saudi Arabia, reports say. King Salman has invited King Mohammed VI of Read more
Algerian leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika Sunday appeared on state-run television, after rumors about his health and his ability to rule mounted since he failed to receive German Chancellor Angela Merkel last month. The 80-year old ailing leader was seen receiving the Read more
The Algerian presidency announced Monday the cancellation of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to Algeria because President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was suffering from a bronchitis and could not receive the German leader. Algerian and German authorities have mutually agreed to postpone Read more
Algerian journalist Mohamed Tamalt has died after staging a hunger strike in protest against a two-year jail term sentence he was handed for offending Algeria’s president in a poem posted online. The news of the death the Algerian journalist prompted Read more