pThe North African country of Algeria, a former French colony that endured an awful civil war in the 1990s, doesn't make it into the English-language news as often as its neighbors. Unlike Iraq or Egyp...

[Magharebia]A bomb blast in Tizi Ouzou wounded an Algerian army officer on Tuesday (March 5th), Tout sur l'Algerie reported. The explosive device went off while soldiers were conducting a search operat...

[RFI]African press coverage is dominated by the hostage crisis at an Algerian gas plant. Also, South Sudan agrees to pull back fro, a contested border with Sudan, and Barack Obama's half-brother runs i...

[RFI]Five foreigners were still missing on Tuesday in the aftermath of the hostage crisis at Algeria's remote In Amenas gas plant. The Islamist group that staged the attack has threatened to attack Fra...

p/pPerhaps the most significant question surrounding last week's hostage crisis in Algeria, reportedly masterminded by a 40-year-old Islamist militant named Mokhtar Belmokhtar, has to do with the role ...

[Magharebia]Algerian troops killed two terrorists Monday (February 11th) in the Tizi Ouzou village of Ihnouchène, Tout sur l'Algerie reported.

"Pronto negoziare con Algeria e Occidente se cessa guerra Mali"

pA week of violence in Algeria and Mali has transformed al-br align="block"/Qaeda?s North Africa branch into a cause celebre for militant Islamists around the globe, boosting recruitment and fundraisin...

Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal says 37 foreigners of eight nationalities were killed during the siege at a remote desert gas plant.

pAlgeria on Monday raised to at least 36 the toll of foreigners killed in last week?s hostage crisis at a natural gas complex in the Sahara Desert, and three Americans were reported to be among the vic...