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Mar
04
2024
By The African Mirror
Iran’s president discusses Gaza with Algerian counterpart, Algeria’s presidency says

Iran’s president discusses Gaza with Algerian counterpart, Algeria’s presidency says

NEWS
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi discussed bilateral relations, energy cooperation, trade and Gaza with Algeria's leader Abdelmadjid Tebboune in a one-day state visit, according to Algeria's presidency. Algeria, a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, backs the Palestinian cause and has called several times for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
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Dec
26
2023
By The African Mirror
Algerian President Tebboune urged to run for a second term

Algerian President Tebboune urged to run for a second term

NEWS
ALGERIAN parliament members urged President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to run for a second term, they said. "If Allah gives me enough health," he told them, stopping short of a formal announcement about the presidential election due at the end of 2024. Tebboune was elected in December 2019 for a five-year term and can run for a second and final term, according to the Algerian constitution.
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Jul
16
2021
By The African Mirror
Algeria leader pardons protest movement members

Algeria leader pardons protest movement members

NEWS
ALGERIAN President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has ordered the release of 101 members of a protest movement that forced his predecessor Abdelaziz Bouteflika to step down, the presidency said. Elected in December 2019, Tebboune has vowed to carry out economic and political reforms and urged the opposition to opt for dialogue to maintain stability. Algerians late last year voted a new constitution to give the prime minister and parliament a greater role, despite a low voter turnout after a boycott by a large part of the opposition. Mass protests broke out in February 2019 demanding reforms and the departure of the entire…
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Jul
11
2021
By The African Mirror
Algerian prime minister infected with COVID-19

Algerian prime minister infected with COVID-19

COVID-19
NEWLY-appointed Algerian Prime Minister Ayman Benabderrahmane is infected with COVID-19, according to the Algerian state TV. The prime minister, who had just formed his new government on Wednesday, will quarantine for seven days, but will continue performing his duties virtually, state TV said. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune ordered his government to reimpose physical distancing and mask-wearing measures across the country on Saturday, as well as to speed up a vaccination drive to cope with a surge in infection cases, it said. The North African country has so far reported 145,296 confirmed cases of coronavirus including 3,824 deaths.
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May
22
2021
By The African Mirror
Algerian police quash protest

Algerian police quash protest

NEWS
A heavy police presence smothered central Algiers, effectively blocking a resumption of a weekly protest movement that the authorities have decided they can no longer tolerate. A Reuters journalist saw about 20 security forces vehicles in the city centre, six police sitting inside one as it stood by a cafe where people drank coffee at tables outside. Nearby, police stood next to barriers closing off the side streets. One regular protester who gave only his first name Amarouche for fear of reprisals after a wave of arrests had initially said he planned to demonstrate as usual. But later on Friday,…
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Feb
20
2021
By The African Mirror
Algeria dissolves lower house of parliament

Algeria dissolves lower house of parliament

NEWS
HAMID OULD AHMED ALGERIAN President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has announced the dissolution of the lower house of parliament and called early legislative elections. Addressing the nation on state television, Tebboune announced a government reshuffle in the next 24-48 hours and ordered the release of 60 detainees of a protest movement that forced his predecessor, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, from power in 2019. "I decided to dissolve the assembly and call elections to build a new institution," he said, without giving a date for the elections. The current lawmakers of the lower house had been elected for five years in May 2017, with Bouteflika's…
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Feb
13
2021
By The African Mirror
Algeria’s president returns home

Algeria’s president returns home

NEWS
ALGERIAN President Abdelmadjid Tebboune returned home after hospital treatment in Germany for complications in his foot resulting from a coronavirus infection, state TV has reported. Tebboune, 75, flew to Germany in early January to undergo surgery on his foot. The treatment "was not medically urgent" and should have taken place during Tebboune's previous stay in Germany, the presidency said in a statement in January. Tebboune had stayed in Germany more than two months for treatment for coronavirus before returning home late in December. Algerians have been awaiting the implementation of economic and political reforms he promised after succeeding President Abdelaziz…
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Jan
21
2021
By The African Mirror
Algerian president undergoes foot surgery

Algerian president undergoes foot surgery

COVID-19
ALGERIAN President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has successfully undergone surgery on his foot to address complications resulting from a coronavirus infection, the presidency said. The surgery, details of which were not specified, was carried out in Germany, where he had spent more than two months for treatment of COVID-19, returning home in December. Elected in December 2019, Tebboune, 75, has promised political and economic reforms following mass protests that forced his predecessor Abdelaziz Bouteflika to resign after two decades in power.
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Jan
03
2021
By The African Mirror
Algeria frees former spy chief jailed during mass protests

Algeria frees former spy chief jailed during mass protests

NEWS
AN Algerian military appeals court has acquitted three top officials who were jailed in 2019 during mass protests, sources close to the officials said. Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Picture: Flickr The three - two former security chiefs and the younger brother of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika - were given 15-year prison sentences in September 2019 on charges of conspiracy against the state. Their jailing marked an apparent success for the "Hirak" mass protest movement that took to the streets in early 2019, pushing the army to oust Bouteflika in April that year after 20 years in office. But many in Hirak said…
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