Algiers (AFP) - Twenty-eight Algerian demonstrators were handed one-year jail sentences Tuesday for "undermining national unity" by bearing the Berber minority's flag during anti-regime protests, a prisoners' rights group said.

Algiers (AFP) - Algeria's parliament Thursday adopted a controversial law aimed at boosting investment in the oil and gas sector, state media said, as activists warned that multinational companies would plunder the country's wealth.

Algiers (AFP) - A draft law on Algeria's oil and gas sector has been met with hostility by an anti-regime protest movement that fears "the nation's wealth" is being sold off to multinational companies.

Demonstrators thronged the streets of the Algerian capital on Friday to renew their opposition to a presidential election they say will keep in power a political elite rejected by the people. The protest came two days ahead of the start of campaigning for the December 12 vote. Demonstrations have gripped…

Algeria on Thursday named Benabderahmane Ayman its new central bank governor, and appointed Kamel Edine Chikhi as the new head of state energy company Sonatrach, state television reported. The appointments were made on the same day the lower house of parliament approved a new energy law aimed at attracting more…

Video shows Teresa Cheng falling as demonstrators shout ‘shame on you’