Algeria News

The former and current heads of Algeria's state electricity company are under investigation for alleged corruption along with 15 others, a top official said.

ALGIERS: Publication of the first images of convalescing Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in a Paris hospital has failed to reassure the country's media, with many commenting Thursday on his weak health.

Citigroup has raised its recommendation for oilfield services giant Petrofac from 'neutral' to 'buy', saying it sees scope for a re-rating following its recent slump.

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika casts his ballot for local elections in Algiers, in this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 file photo.

Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is recovering with the help of physical rehabilitation in France more than a month after he was rushed to hospital there suffering from a stroke, the presidency said on Tuesday.

Planning a party for thousands of people would be a challenge under the best of circumstances.

At least 10 people have been wounded in two separate attacks in Kenya, police say, including a blast at a church in Mombasa and a grenade hurled in a crowd in Nairobi.

File - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika casts his ballot for local elections in Algiers, in this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 file photo.

Algeria's prime minister has urged his compatriots to stop focusing on the health of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who has been hospitalized in France since late April.

TUNIS: A roadside bomb killed two Tunisian soldiers on Thursday in the mountainous border region near Algeria where security forces have been hunting Al-Qaeda linked jihadists, with the government warning of a "dangerous evolution."

Forty days after Algeria's president was hospitalized, the country is stuck in limbo with its normally predictable politics thrown into disarray.

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika casts his ballot for local elections in Algiers, in this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 file photo.

ALGIERS: An Algerian man is suspected of killing five people south of the capital to "cleanse his family's honour" after his niece eloped with her boyfriend to avoid an arranged marriage, residents said yesterday.

Elijah Rufus was 10 years old when a spiritual healer in the Liberian capital Monrovia doused him with chicken's blood and declared that he was possessed with demons.

With its president in a French hospital for over a month and the surrounding region in turmoil, Algeria looks from the outside to be on course for a period of unrest.

Isaac Isinde, Robert Sentongo and Robert Odongkara of Ethiopian side St George and Etoile du Sahel's Emma Okwi over the weekend helped their clubs advance to the lucrative CAF Confederations Cup group stage.

The 76-year-old's health has been a source of rumour for years, and he has often gone weeks or months without making a public appearance.

The British ambassador to Algeria says oil and gas giant BP is committed to the country despite delaying two projects after the January terrorist attack on a gas installation that left 37 hostages and 29 militants dead.

The British ambassador to Algeria says oil and gas giant BP is committed to the country despite delaying two projects after the January terrorist attack on a gas installation that left 37 hostages and 29 militants dead.

The Atlantic puffin population is at risk in the United States, and there are signs the seabirds are in distress in other parts of the world.