Algeria

Algerian Sports Ministry announced that the government has authorised the gradual resumption of sports activities from Sept. 15. SEE ALSO: Turkey Extends Travel Ban In 15 Major Cities Due To COVID-19 The ministry said in a statement late…

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune late on Monday announced that his country “is reviewing the possibility to reopen mosques for the public,’’ the official APS news agency reported. SEE ALSO: COVID-19: Britain To Implement Measures…

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has ordered the government to gradually lift the lockdown measures due to an improved COVID-19 situation. SEE ALSO: Supreme Court Set To Deliver Judgement On Ihedioha's Application Today In a…

Algeria’s Health Ministry on Tuesday confirmed the first case of coronavirus in the North African country. An Italian man who arrived in the country on 17 February has tested positive for the virus. The country’s health minister confirmed…

Fire burns 8 New born  babies in Algerian HospitalEight newborns died in a huge fire that broke out at the maternity unit of an Algerian hospital on Tuesday, the civil defence authority said.The fire broke out in the early hours of…

Nigeria’s U-20 female football team, Falconets, has defeated her Algerian counterpart 3-0 to qualify for the finals of the ongoing 12th African Games football event for the first time since 2007.The match played at Stade de Boubker…

Algeria won the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) for the second time on Friday when a fortuitous second-minute goal gave them a 1-0 win over Senegal in the final.Baghdad Bounedjah stunned Senegal with a shot which took a wicked deflection…

Fans and football lovers in Osun were heartbroken after Algeria edged out Nigeria for a final place at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.A cross section of the fans that spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Osogbo after…

Superbly-taken goals from Youcef Belaili and Riyad Mahrez set Algeria on the way to a comfortable 3-0 win over Guinea as they reached the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals on Sunday.The resounding victory thus reaffirmed their status…

Algeria maintained their 100 per cent record at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt on Monday, thanks to a 3-0 drubbing of Tanzania in their Group C ultimate clash.In the match played at the Al Salam Stadium in Cairo, Les Fennecs…

An Algerian military plane crashed during a training flight, killing two people on board, the defense ministry said on Thursday.The Russian SU 24 aircraft crashed late on Wednesday in an inhabited agricultural area in the Northern…

A TV producer, Youcef Goucem, who used to work with an Algerian media organization, Dzair TV, has died.  Youcef had set lit himself up with fire two weeks back, after the owner of the organization he worked for refused to…

Riyad Mahrez scored two stunning goals as former winners Algeria qualified for next year’s African Nations Cup finals on Sunday, with Guinea, Mauritania and the Ivory Coast also sealing their places.Mahrez struck twice in the opening…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel travelled to Algeria on Monday to discuss migration issues and how to combat terror.Another aim of the talks with President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algiers is to boost Algeria’s role as a stabilising…

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria left on Monday for Geneva for regular medical tests, the presidency said in a statement.Bouteflika, 81, has rarely been seen in public since he suffered a stroke in 2013, but his backers have…