The Latest Breaking News from Algiers

A UNESCO-listed rabbit warren of 16th-century battlements and Ottoman palaces, the Casbah of the Algerian capital is falling into disrepair, but efforts to save it have been accelerating. The densely populated district, about a kilometer (just under a mile) across, perches above the Bay of Algiers and has been the…

Algeria said Tuesday it would reopen its land border with Tunisia later this month, more than two years after it was shut at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. "We have taken the joint decision to reopen the land border from July 15," said President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. He was speaking…

Algerians remember the struggle to gain their freedom from French colonialism – and the example it sets for today.

Algeria marks 60 years of independence from France on 5 July, but competing narratives over atrocities committed during more than a century of colonial rule still trigger bitter diplomatic tensions between Paris and Algiers.

Natural gas has started flowing from Spain towards Morocco through a pipeline that stopped flowing in November amid a diplomatic row between Morocco and Algeria, data from Spanish gas grid operator Enagas showed on Wednesday. Algeria decided last year not to extend a deal to export gas through a pipeline…

Political sources in Algeria ruled out the possibility of reconciliation between Algeria and Morocco during the upcoming Arab Summit in Algiers. Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra discussed with Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit the preparations for the summit that is scheduled for November. Recent media reports had spoken of…

Direct flights between Algiers and Caracas will begin in the coming months, Algeria President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said on Thursday, during a visit by his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro.

Algeria could help some nations switch off from Russian gas but the geopolitical backdrop is complex, say analysts.

Algeria has suspended its 20-year-old treaty of friendship, good neighborliness and cooperation with Spain, state media reported on Wednesday. No reason was given for the decision, which was taken by Algeria's top security council. But tensions are simmering between Algiers and Madrid over recent Spanish comments on Western Sahara as…

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah has met with his Algerian counterpart, Ramtane Lamamra, in Algiers, the Saudi Press Agency reported. During the meeting Wednesday, they reviewed the solid relations linking the two countries and peoples, and ways to develop them, SPA said. The two…

The east-based Libyan parliament slammed the Algerian government for failing to recognize the government of stability headed by Fathi Bashagha. Algiers has instead opted to continue to support the Government of National Unity, headed by Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah. This is the first time the parliament openly criticizes Algeria in defending Bashagha's…