Algeria’s state-run television showed crowds rushing to vote in as polls opened Thursday’s general election but commentators predict a high abstention rate, perhaps even higher than ...
Algeria said Wednesday it will lift the state of emergency by the end of February. The country has been under state of emergency for the last 19 years.
At least 45 people were arrested ahead of protests in Algeria on Saturday. They included the honorary president of the Human Rights League Mouloud Boumghur, the support committee in Paris told RFI.