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The final issue of Algerian French-language daily newspaper "Liberté" is seen at a stand in Algeria's capital Algiers on April 14, 2022. RYAD KRAMDI / AFP

Why some Algerians wish to bid adieu to the French language

A contentious cultural and political issue can often be oversimplified with crude arguments, but the question of languages and identities is much more nuanced.

Samir Qasimi 02 March 2025
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune shakes hands with European Union Council President Charles Michel during their meeting, on September 5, 2022. Council of the European Union

Algeria makes the case for a better EU trade deal

With Algeria's hand strengthened by its relatively new status as Europe's leading gas supplier, economic experts say its poised to clinch a more favourable trade deal with its neighbour to the north

Rabia Abdul Salam 24 January 2025
There is growing demand for Islamic bonds in Algeria so the government has approved the first national sukuk issuance for 2025. Shutterstock

Algeria embraces sovereign sukuk financing in 2025

The move toward sharia-compliant sovereign financing is designed to ease liquidity and draw cash back into the formal banking system. If it works, Algeria could become a major player in the industry

Rabia Abdul Salam 01 January 2025
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune riding a military vehicle during the parade on the 70th anniversary of the Algerian Revolution on November 1 in Algeria. AP

Algeria’s ‘optimistic’ budget is the largest since independence

With subsidies still being paid, the budget deficit has ballooned from $45bn in 2024 to an expected $62bn next year. This largesse worries some, but apparently not the government

Rabia Abdul Salam 16 November 2024
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Novel on Algeria's Black Decade nabs France’s Goncourt Prize

Kamel Daoud's 'Houris' weaves together the suffering of the body with the suffering of a society sworn to silence over a trauma that has yet to heal

Samir Qasimi 08 November 2024
Algeria's decision to join the NBD carries more political weight than economic. It seeks to establish ties with anti-West nations. Shutterstock

Algeria opens new financial frontier by joining BRICS bank

With relations with the West in decline, Algiers announces its accession to the New Development Bank, with more cooperation with the global south expected

Rabia Abdul Salam 10 September 2024
Imane Khelif, Algeria's gold-medal winning Olympic boxer, had to fight not just opponents but online harassment over her gender. Axel Rangel García

Imane Khelif: the many fights of Algeria’s Olympic gold medallist

The first Arab and African woman to win Olympic boxing gold stepped into both a ring and a global culture war that reveals more about our divisive times than it does about sports or gender

Sawsan Jamil Hasan 12 August 2024
A woman walks past Algerian election posters. The country next goes to the polls on 7 September 2024. AFP

Algerian political parties end election boycott after reassurances

Several big parties are to stand again in the national presidential election on 7 September after concerns that recent votes have been the rigged rubber-stamping of a preferred candidate.

Rabia Khreis 20 June 2024
Lina Jaradat/Al Majalla

Louisa Hanoune: Algeria's anti-imperialist makes another run for president

Left-wing political trailblazer and icon is running for the presidency again, 20 years after she became the Arab world's first woman to do so

Rabia Khreis 02 June 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune deliver a statement following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 15, 2023. Mikhail METZEL / AFP

Is Wagner driving a wedge between Russia and Algeria?

The two countries' relationship goes back decades and they often see eye-to-eye, but on the issue of Russia's mercenary activities in Algeria's southerly and easterly neighbours, they are at odds.

Rabia Khreis 27 May 2024
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Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, dressed in an IRGC uniform, chairs a session in Tehran on 1 February 2026. AFP
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Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf: a possible US partner?

24 March 2026

Reports that the Trump administration is eyeing Iran's parliament speaker as an Iranian 'Delcy Rodriguez' has been dismissed in Tehran as fake news

Alex Vatanka
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Army Chief and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir pose with US President Donald Trump (C) at the White House in Washington, DC on 26 September 2025. AFP
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Why Pakistan is well-placed to host US-Iran talks

24 March 2026

Islamabad is uniquely positioned to mediate between the warring parties. It also has more than enough reasons to want this war to end.

Kamal Alam
Mark Wallace (L), CEO of the non-profit United Against Nuclear Iran, talks with Rep. Mike Lawler (R) (R-NY) next to a Shahed 136 military drone during a press conference on Capitol Hill on 8 May 2025 in Washington, DC. WIN MCNAMEE / AFP
Business & Economy

Iran and the new arithmetic of war

23 March 2026

Cheap autonomous weapons are overturning the economics of combat—and teaching the United States important lessons.

Fareed Zakaria
Trump holding a Make America Great Again Hat AFP
Politics

Could the US-Iran war deliver Trump his own ‘Suez’ moment?

23 March 2026

The conflict will likely prompt political and economic shifts, even if the extent of those changes may not be known for years.

Christopher Phillips
A displaced woman sits next her tent in an unofficial camp, erected along Beirut’s seafront area on 22 March 2026. DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Beirut's daily grind: between refuge, ruin and routine

23 March 2026

Beirut continues to host exhibitions and sustain cultural life, but in a subdued, robotic fashion shaped by war and emotional numbness

Mimoza Al-Arrawi

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