Africa: Algeria

Five candidates are running in Algeria's presidential election to replace ousted president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, amid widespread protests against the vote. By STRINGER (AFP)

Algeria polling stations ransacked in unpopular presidential vote

52 minutes ago

Algeria held a presidential election Thursday that has been fiercely opposed by a nine-month-old protest movement and wa ...

The vote highlights the vast gap between youth at the heart of a reformist protest movement and an ageing elite they see as clinging to power. By RYAD KRAMDI (AFP)

Algeria holds presidential vote fiercely opposed b...

7 hours ago

After almost 10 months of political turmoil, Algeria on Thursday holds a presidential vote bitterly opposed by a protest ...

Algerian protesters have marched weekly since February and say sweeping reforms must be made before a presidential election on Thursday they see as a regime ploy to cling to power. By RYAD KRAMDI (AFP)

Boycott rallies rock Algeria day before presidenti...

20 hours ago

Thousands of Algerians demonstrated for a boycott on Wednesday on the eve of a widely unpopular presidential election. ...

The brick has become the symbol of the anti-vote campaign in Algeria's Kabylie heartland of the Berber community. By RYAD KRAMDI (AFP)

Algeria presidential vote faces brick wall of Berb...

Dec 11, 2019

In Algeria's disaffected Kabylie region, the brick has become the symbol of the anti-vote campaign ahead of unpopular pr ...

There was tight security outside the Algiers courthouse for the reading of the verdicts against former prime ministers Ahmed Ouyahia and Abdelmalek Sellal and other leading political and business figures. By RYAD KRAMDI (AFP)

Two Algeria ex-PMs get heavy jail terms in graft t...

Dec 10, 2019

An Algerian court sentenced two former prime ministers to long jail terms Tuesday in the first of a string of high-profi ...

Algeria's military chief Ahmed Gaid Salah (C) has become de facto ruler since veteran president Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned. By Farouk Batiche (AFP/File)

Military chief Gaid Salah, guardian of Algeria's o...

Dec 10, 2019

As chief of Algeria's military for a record 15 years, General Ahmed Gaid Salah has became the country's de facto leader ...

Anti-regime protesters marched through central Algiers on December 6, protesting against the upcoming presidential election. By RYAD KRAMDI (AFP/File)

Algeria's unwanted presidential election

Dec 10, 2019

Algerians are being asked to vote Thursday in a presidential election bitterly opposed by the country's nine-month-old p ...

Some 200 people, mostly students, protested in central Algiers on Monday against a presidential election set for December 12. By RYAD KRAMDI (AFP)

Algerian police disperse students protesting pro-e...

Dec 10, 2019

Algerian police on Monday forcibly dispersed university and high school students demonstrating against a rally in centra ...

Algerian protesters have been demanding sweeping reforms including the departure of powerful army chief Ahmed Gaid Salah. By RYAD KRAMDI (AFP/File)

Algerian army sees vote as route back to shadows: ...

Dec 9, 2019

Algeria's army, the heart of an opaque regime, exercised power from the shadows until it was thrust into the limelight w ...

The trial, involving 19 defendants, is the first resulting from sweeping investigations into graft allegations in Algeria after the resignation of longtime president Abdelaziz Bouteflika in the face of massive street protests. By RYAD KRAMDI (AFP/File)

Algeria prosecutor seeks heavy sentences against e...

Dec 8, 2019

The Algerian prosecutor's office Sunday requested 20-year prison sentences for several former politicians accused of cor ...

Activists in Algeria have staged mass protests against a December 12 election they see as an elite attempt to cling to power. By RYAD KRAMDI (AFP)

Pro-poll regime trolls counter Algeria protest act...

Dec 8, 2019

Social networks set alight the months-long protest movement against Algeria's establishment, but as a contentious presid ...

Said Bouteflika, brother of Algeria's former president Abdelaziz, pictured in 2012. By Farouk Batiche (AFP)

Brother of Algeria's Bouteflika appears in court, ...

Dec 7, 2019

The jailed brother and key aide of former Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika appeared in court Saturday as a witnes ...

Algerians wave a national flag from a balcony as they watch anti-government demonstrators march in the capital Algiers on Friday. By RYAD KRAMDI (AFP)

Huge protest days ahead of contentious Algeria vot...

Dec 7, 2019

A vast crowd rallied in Algiers on the final Friday before a contentious presidential election many see as an elite atte ...

Friday will mark the 42nd consecutive Friday the Algerian

Algeria braces for more marches ahead of opposed p...

Dec 6, 2019

Algeria braced for fresh demonstrations Friday, the last in a series of weekly marches before a presidential election op ...

Algerians gather at the entrance of the Sidi M'hamed court in Algiers ahead of the start of a corruption trial for former political leaders and business tycoons. By RYAD KRAMDI (AFP)

Algeria opens first corruption trial for ex-PMs, t...

Dec 4, 2019

The corruption trial for two former Algerian prime ministers, prominent politicians and automotive industry tycoons star ...

Algerians hold an anti-government demonstration in the capital Algiers rejecting a December 12 presidential vote. By RYAD KRAMDI (AFP)

General urges mass voter turnout as 'slap in face'...

Dec 3, 2019

Algeria's military chief called Tuesday for massive voter turnout in the country's sharply-disputed December 12 election ...

Supporters of the December 12 presidential election march in Algiers on November 30, 2019. By RYAD KRAMDI (AFP)

Pro-vote Algerians march against 'foreign interfer...

Nov 30, 2019

Several hundred Algerians marched Saturday in support of a presidential election rejected by a mass protest movement tha ...