Algeria News

African leaders gathered Saturday ahead of extravagant celebrations for the 50th jubilee of the continental bloc, with Africa's myriad problems set aside for a day to mark the progress that has been made.

Four months after an attack on a gas plant showed Algeria's leadership that regional instability would not observe national borders, the country's oil and gas industry is still discovering just how vulnerable they are.

Artist Adel Abdessemed creates conceptual artworks that elicit a range of different emotions.

On May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan, was dedicated by President Chester Alan Arthur and New York Gov.

Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi talks to Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika during celebrations of the 40th anniversary of Gaddafi coming to power, at the Green Square in Tripoli September 1, 2009.

Official assurances about the improving health of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, hospitalized in France in April, have failed to convince many Algerians, as analysts warn that hiding such details is harder than it was.

Authorities on Tuesday released nearly 600 photos that investigators took in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep.

Algeria's prime minister, reacting to reports that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seriously ill, said the 76-year-old was recovering in France but had been ordered to take complete rest by his doctors.

The head of Algeria's main Islamist political party has called for the country's ailing president to appear on television to dispel rumors over his health after a three week absence.

With the president in a French hospital recovering from a stroke, the generation of aging politicians and generals that has run Africa's largest country for a half-century is reaching its end.

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Algeria censored two dailies over reports that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, hospitalised in Paris since April 27, will return home in a coma after his health took a turn for the worse, their chief said on Sunday.

The recent revelation that the owner of an Algerian cargo ship whose crew was held by Somali pirates paid them $2.6m in ransom is yet another indication that the rewards these denizens reap for their illegal, life-threatening work remain a serious stumbling block to ending maritime organized crime, said William H. Watson, president and COO of ... (more)

With the president in a French hospital recovering from a stroke, the generation of aging politicians and generals that has run Africa's largest country for a half-century is reaching its end.

The Saudi owner of an Algerian cargo ship whose crew was held by Somali pirates for 10 months admitted paying $2.6 million to free them in November 2011, an Algerian paper reported on Tuesday.

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's health condition is improving and he is closely following up the situation in the country, Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal said Saturday, state-run TV reported.

This year marks the centenary of the birth of Albert Camus, the great novelist of existentialism.

Citadel Capital , the leading investment company in Africa and the Middle East with $9.5bn in investments under control, released its FY12 Business Review, with a new reporting format that focuses on performance of core platform companies.

Algerian soldiers stand guard at the natural gas plant in In Amenas. Since a January terrorist attack and hostage standoff there, the Algerian government has increased security along the border and around energy plants.

Algeria's military reports it has killed seven armed militants in two separate operations in a mountainous region east of the capital.