algeria

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Feted by President Lincoln and Queen Victoria, the hero of Algeria and Damascus remains an important, resonant figure 140 years after his death.

The North African neighbours who never miss an opportunity to irk one another are vying for regional influence through diplomacy

Niger accuses Algeria of mistreating EU-bound Nigeriens by dumping them back in the desert. Algeria accuses Niger of opening the floodgates. Neither is backing down.