Algerian army stresses importance of reaching political solution in Libya via dialogue

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika nominated three new cabinet ministers on Thursday, two days after bringing back veteran loyalist Ahmed Ouyahia for a fourth term as prime minister.

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika sacked Prime Minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Tuesday, less than three months after appointing him, the presidency said, according to state media.

An Air Algerie flight traveling to the French city of Marseille has been forced to return to Algiers due to a technical failure.

Algeria’s government has announced draft constitutional reforms that would restrict presidential terms to two only and would obligate consultation with the parliament for the appointment of prime minster by the president.

Tens of thousands of Algerians have taken part in the burial ceremony of Hocine Ait-Ahmed, the only remaining national hero of the country’s independence war against their French colonizers

The Algerian army has killed more than 20 militants as they were meeting to plan attacks on the country’s capital of Algiers, officials say.

Algerian coast guards rescue 20 citizens not long after they set off for illegal immigration.

Algerian troops have reportedly killed eight suspected militants in the country’s eastern Bouira region amid search for an al-Qaeda splinter group involved in the beheading of a French tourist.

Algeria has reported its first two cases of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), better known as the MERS virus.

At least 14 Algerian soldiers have been killed in a deadly ambush by heavily armed militants in the mountains east of the capital Algiers.

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has won a fourth term in office with more than 81 percent of the vote.

Two people have been killed and a dozen others, including two police officers, have been injured during tribal clashes in Algeria’s northern province of Ghardaia.

Algerians have held rival demonstrations against and in favor of a decision by President Abdelazis Bouteflika to seek a fourth term in the upcoming election.

The Algerian army has killed three militants during an operation in the eastern Kabylie region, the country’s Defense Ministry has said.

Algerian security forces have arrested some 20 people who are said to support militants along the country's border with Tunisia.

Just months ahead of the Algerian presidential elections, Abdelaziz Bouteflika made key changes to his cabinet on Wednesday (September 11th).

Dozens of Egyptian nationals held a sit-in on Saturday near the Egyptian embassy in Algiers, protesting the recent violence in their home country.

Algeria and the European Union signed Sunday in Algiers a memorandum of understanding related to strategic partnership in the field of energy, APS news agency reported.

Algerian army forces killed seven militants on Friday night in Chrea mountains, in the upper area of the province of Bouira, 100 km eastern Algiers, local media reported Sunday.