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The grandmother of Massinissa Guermah, a teenager killed by Algerian police in April 2001, holds aloft his picture in May that year, amid protests in the country's Berber heartland. By - (AFP/File)

Berbers mark 20 years since Algeria's 'Black Spring' protests

Apr 18, 2021 | Algeria

Twenty years ago, an Algerian teenager's death in police custody in the heartland of the North African country's Berber ...

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (pictured in a February 2021 video grab from Algeria 3 public channel) warned against

Algerian president cautions pro-democracy protesters

Apr 7, 2021 | Algeria

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune Tuesday warned pro-democracy Hirak activists of non-innocent activities as aut ...

An Algerian man take part in a protest in the capital Algiers demanding an independent judiciary. By RYAD KRAMDI (AFP)

Algeria protesters demand independent judiciary

Apr 2, 2021 | Algeria

Thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets of cities across Algeria Friday, demanding an independent ju ...

Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni was provisionally released from Kolea prison near the capital Algiers in February. By RYAD KRAMDI (AFP)

Algeria supreme court orders retrial for prominent journalist

Mar 25, 2021 | Algeria

Prominent journalist Khaled Drareni, a symbol of the struggle for a free press in Algeria, is to face a retrial after t ...

Algerian opposition figure Mohamed Larbi Zeitout pictured in January 2020 in Berlin. By John MACDOUGALL (AFP/File)

Algeria issues 'terrorism' warrants for exiled activists

Mar 22, 2021 | Algeria

A court in Algeria has issued arrest warrants for outspoken exiled activists, accusing influencers and an Islamist leade ...

Algerians marched with a giant national flag in the capital Algiers during a demonstration held by the Hirak pro-democracy movement, which last month revived weekly protests that been suspended for almost a year due to the coronavirus pandemic. By RYAD KRAMDI (AFP)

Algerian protesters call for free press, judiciary

Mar 19, 2021 | Algeria

Thousands protested in Algiers Friday to demand press freedom and judicial independence, as the Hirak pro-democracy move ...

Shops shut their doors and hundreds of people marched through the Moroccan border town of Figuig in protest after Algeria expelled farmers from a disputed border area where they had long been allowed to farm dates. By Fadel SENNA (AFP)

Moroccan border farmers protest over Algeria evictions

Mar 18, 2021 | Algeria

Hundreds of Moroccans protested Thursday after Algeria expelled farmers from a disputed border area where they had long ...

A protester chants slogans during an anti-government demonstration in Algiers on Tuesday. By RYAD KRAMDI (AFP)

Algeria students return to streets in pro-democracy protest

Mar 9, 2021 | Algeria

Hundreds of students and pro-democracy supporters demonstrated in Algiers Tuesday as a revived protest movement enters i ...

Algerian women chant slogans during a protest in the capital Algiers against a family code they say restricts their rights. By RYAD KRAMDI (AFP)

Algerian women hit the streets demanding equal rights

Mar 9, 2021 | Algeria

Hundreds of women marched Monday in the Algerian capital to protest against a family code many consider demeaning, as th ...

Algerians wave national flags during an anti-government protest in the capital Algiers on Friday. By RYAD KRAMDI (AFP)

Thousands hit the streets in fresh Algeria protests

Mar 5, 2021 | Algeria

Thousands demonstrated in Algeria's capital and other cities Friday, AFP journalists said, as a revived protest movement ...

Boumendjel is commemorated as a national hero in Algeria, with a metro station in the capital named after him. By RYAD KRAMDI (AFP)

Algeria welcomes France's admission it killed independence figure

Mar 4, 2021 | Algeria

Algeria on Thursday welcomed France's admission for the first time that its soldiers tortured and murdered a key figure ...

In this file photo taken in 2001 Malika Boumendjel, widow of Algerian lawyer Ali Boumendjel gives an interview at her home about her husband's death during his 43 days detention by the French army on March 23, 1957.. By Eric Feferberg (AFP/File)

Macron admits France murdered Algerian independence figure

Mar 3, 2021 | Algeria

President Emmanuel Macron has admitted for the first time that French soldiers murdered a top Algerian independence figu ...

Algerians have returned to the streets in recent weeks in a resurgence of the Hirak anti-government protest movement. By RYAD KRAMDI (AFP)

Thousands defy Algeria curfew as protests resurge

Mar 2, 2021 | Algeria

Some 2,000 Algerians, mostly students, rallied against the government Tuesday in defiance of lockdown measures, as their ...

Hirak pro-democracy protests took place in the Algerian capital weekly from February 2019 until they were suspended over the coronavirus pandemic in March last year. By - (AFP)

Algeria anti-govt protesters hit streets after year-long hiatus

Feb 26, 2021 | Algeria

Thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets across Algeria on Friday, as the Hirak pro-democracy movem ...

Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni greeted by supporters upon his release on February 19. By RYAD KRAMDI (AFP)

Prominent Algerian journalist's appeal postponed until March

Feb 25, 2021 | Algeria

Algeria's supreme court Thursday postponed until late March the appeal of prominent journalist Khaled Drareni, jailed af ...

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