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Mongi Convinced CMA Will Sign Peace Agreement – Malian Crisis

Mongi Convinced CMA Will Sign Peace Agreement – Malian Crisis

Algiers — Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Mali, Chief of Minusma, Mongi Hamdi said on Monday he convicted that “reason would prevail” so that the other party of the Coordination of Movements of Azawad (CMA) can sign “without delay” the peace and reconciliation agreement, following the Algiers process. “We hope that reason […]

Algeria’s Annual Inflation Rate Continues to Climb to 4.5% in April 2015

Algeria’s Annual Inflation Rate Continues to Climb to 4.5% in April 2015

Algeria’s annual inflation rate continued to climb to 4.5% in April 2015 against 4.1% in March, the National Statistics Office (ONS) told APS Monday. In April 2014, the annual rate of inflation hit 1.8%. The consumer price index, used to calculate the change in the annual inflation rate, has grown by 5.76% in April against […]

The UN’s Fight Against Youth Radicalization

The UN’s Fight Against Youth Radicalization

Djamel was still in high school when he was radicalized. It was 1991. Algeria’s military had just annulled the country’s general election fearing the establishment of a theocratic state after the Islamic Salvation Front won the first round of voting. As violent protests erupted on the streets, the country steadily descended into civil conflict and […]

Algeria for Connecting Efforts Against Obscurantist Ideas

Algeria for Connecting Efforts Against Obscurantist Ideas

Cairo — Communication Minister Hamid Grine called Thursday in Cairo on the Arab media to connect their efforts to “counter the destructive practices and obscurantist ideas conveyed by terrorist groups.” In his address to the 46th meeting of the Arab Information Ministers Council, Grine urged the Arab media to develop and renew the Arab media […]

Algerian Troops Kill 22 Islamist Militants

Algerian Troops Kill 22 Islamist Militants

Algerian troops have carried out one of the largest counter-terrorism operations in years, killing 22 militants. The Islamists are believed to be members of the Caliphate Soldiers, a group loyal to the “Islamic State.” Algerian security forces killed at least 22 Islamist militants Tuesday as they were meeting to plan an attack on the capital […]

Dangerous Terrorist Killed, Machine Pistol Recovered in Sidi Bel Abbes

Dangerous Terrorist Killed, Machine Pistol Recovered in Sidi Bel Abbes

Algiers — A dangerous terrorist was killed and a machine pistol recovered following an ambush Sunday a by a detachment of the People’s National Army (ANP) near Mount Bou Yatas, province of Sidi Bel Abbes, the National Defence Ministry announced in a statement. “A detachment of the ANP under the operational area of Sidi Bel […]

President Bouteflika Receives Tunisian PM

President Bouteflika Receives Tunisian PM

Algiers — President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika has received Sunday in Algiers Tunisia’s Prime Minister Habib Essid, who is on an official visit to Algeria. The audience was attended by Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal, Deputy Minister for National Defence, Chief of Staff of the People’s National Army, Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaid Salah, Minister of […]

Mali Signs Peace, Reconciliation Agreement – Algiers Process

Mali Signs Peace, Reconciliation Agreement – Algiers Process

Bamako — The Malian parties, government and political-military groups of the North will sign on Friday, in a ceremony in Bamako, the Peace and Reconciliation agreement in Mali, resulting from the Algiers process to end the crisis in this country. The signing ceremony took place in the afternoon at the International Conference Centre of the […]

President Bouteflika Conducts Cabinet Reshuffle: Algeria

President Bouteflika Conducts Cabinet Reshuffle: Algeria

Algiers — President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Thursday conducted a cabinet reshuffle, said a communiqué of the Presidency of the Republic. “In conformity of the clauses of Article 79 of the Constitution and following consultation with the Premier, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of the Republic, Minister of National Defence has promulgated a presidential decree […]

World’s most remote film festival – Sahara screenings

World’s most remote film festival – Sahara screenings

This is the world’s most remote film festival – in a refugee camp in the Sahara desert, where nothing grows and few people visit. The sun is so scorching in Algeria’s Dakhla camp – over the border from the disputed territory of Western Sahara – that equipment, including solar panels, can melt in the heat. […]

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