Algeria

Algerian strongman military chief Ahmed Gaid Salah, known for telling veteran leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika to resign, has died aged 79, official media say.

Many Algerians say Thursday's election is just more of the same — and even after 10 months of protests, they're not done yet.

Algeria’s Supreme Court on Wednesday placed ex-prime minister Ahmed Ouyahia in custody as part of a raft of anti-graft investigations opened into senior figures linked to the country's former longtime ruler, Abdelaziz Bouteflika.

Algeria cannot hold a presidential election planned for July 4 due to a lack of valid candidates, its constitutional council said on Sunday, prolonging the country's transition after President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned two months ago.

Algerian protesters vowed Friday to keep up the pressure on the regime left behind by Abdelaziz Bouteflika, staging a tenth mass rally after a string of people close to the ex-president were sacked or arrested over alleged graft.

Algerian police used water cannon on Tuesday to disperse crowds demonstrating against the appointment of a new interim president.

Thousands have taken to the streets of the Algerian capital demanding a complete overhaul of the country's political structure.

Algeria's army chief of staff demanded on Tuesday that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika be declared unfit for office, the private Ennahar TV station said on Tuesday.

Tens of thousands of Algerians have been protesting against 81-year-old President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's decision to run for a fifth term on 18 April.

Il-76 transport plane was carrying soldiers when it crashed in field soon after takeoff

Decades-long rivalry put on hold as Algeria's sports minister declares his country's unequivocal support for neighbour.

A suicide attack on a police station in western Algeria killed two policeman after one officer jumped on the attacker to protect his colleagues from the blast, state news agency APS and police said on Thursday.