Tag: Algeria
Belgium comeback to beat Algeria
Dark horses Belgium staged a late fightback to beat Algeria 2-1 and deny the Africans a first World Cup win…
Algeria: Wheelchair bound Bouteflika sworn-in for 4th term
Abdelaziz Bouteflika was sworn in as Algeria’s president for a fourth term Monday, in a televised ceremony after his re-election…
11 soldiers killed, 14 wounded in Algeria attack
Eleven Algerian soldiers were killed and 14 wounded when they fell into an ambush in the restive Kabylie region east…
A lesson from Algiers: Stemming youth brain drain
ALGIERS(AFP) – They fled Algeria to escape the violence ravaging the country in the 1990s, but now more and more…
In Algeria, Bouteflika rallies voters, opponents smell fraud
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika urged Algerians to defy boycott calls and vote in Thursday’s election, as his rival Ali Benflis said…
Ailing Algerian leader eyes 4th term in office
.Bouteflika says he is hearkening to the people’s wish Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said Saturday his ailing health does not…
Sectarian strife paralyses Algerian desert town
Daily life has ground to a halt in Ghardaia, a picturesque Algerian city on the edge of the Sahara turned…
Algeria pick Africa’s last ticket to Brazil, edge Burkina Faso
Algeria sealed the fifth and final African zone World Cup qualifying berth on Tuesday, edging their play-off with Burkina Faso…
Algeria strikes big oil deposits
Algeria’s national energy firm Sonatrach has discovered a major oil field with almost 1.3 billion barrels of deposits in the…
Big Win for Ivory Coast, a thin edge for Burkina Faso
Didier Drogba scored as Ivory Coast overcame Senegal 3-1 in Abidjan Saturday to boost hopes of a third consecutive World…
Football: Ghana, Nigeria among World Cup draw seeds
Ivory Coast, Ghana, Algeria, Nigeria and Tunisia have been seeded for the World Cup Africa zone play-offs draw. Egypt, Burkina…
Obuh Invites 9 Pros For Flying Eagles
Coach of Nigeria’s Flying Eagles, John Obuh, has called up nine foreign-based professionals ahead of the country’s participation in this…
Algeria’s hostage crisis ends in massacre
IN AMENAS, Algeria (AFP) – A dramatic four-day hostage crisis at an Algerian gas plant ended in a bloodbath Saturday…
Algeria ends desert siege with high death toll
Algerian forces stormed a desert gas complex, In Amenas, to free hundreds of hostages but 30, including several Westerners, were…
50 killed in Algeria’s hostage crisis
Algerian troops Thursday launched strikes on a gas complex where Islamists are holding dozens of foreigners killing nearly 50 people,…