Several members of the U.N. Security Council have condemned the U.S. for vetoing a fourth resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza. China’s envoy Fu Cong expressed deep disappointment, accusing the U.S. of worsening the plight of Palestinians, pushing them “further into darkness and desperation.” He called for accountability, qu...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algeria’s Constitutional Council has announced that Abdelmadjid Tebboune has won a second five-year term as president. Constitutional Council President Omar Belhadj announced the final results on national television, confirming Tebboune’s decisive victory with an absolute majority, securing 84.30% of the vot...
Algiers, Algeria – AFP Algeria’s Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been re-elected as president, the country’s electoral authority ANIE said Sunday. More than 5.3 million people voted for Tebboune, accounting for “94.65 percent of the vote,” ANIE head Mohamed Charfi told reporters. Tebboune, 78, had been heavily favoured t...
Algiers, Algeria — AFP Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who assumed Algeria’s presidency during mass pro-democracy protests, is touting his achievements as he seeks another term. Yet, five years after the movement faded, some say real change remains elusive. The Hirak protests, which led to the ousting of longtime autocratic president Abdelaz...
Algiers, Algeria – AFP The fraught relations between France and its former colony Algeria had eased a little in recent years, but a new rift over Paris backing Morocco’s autonomy plan for disputed Western Sahara has sent rapprochement efforts into a tailspin. Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who is seeking a second term in ...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Algeria expressed concern Sunday about military activity in southwestern Libya, urging all Libyan parties to act with restraint and prudence. The Foreign Ministry said Algeria shares the same concerns as the UN regarding military movements in southwestern Libya. It urged all parties to act with restraint and wisdom to pro...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algeria said Saturday it had requested an urgent open UN Security Council session next Tuesday to discuss an Israeli attack on a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza City. Algeria’s request, as a non-permanent member of the Security Council, for the emergency meeting comes “in response to the rec...
Algiers, Algeria — AFP Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, accused of leading a crackdown on dissent since mass protests in 2019, is to face two challengers in a September 7 election, organisers have said. Abdelaali Hassani of the moderate party the Movement of Society for Peace and Youssef Aouchiche of the centre-left Socialist For...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algeria’s Culture Ministry announced Friday that it is suspending all major art festivals this summer in solidarity with the people of Gaza who have been facing a devastating Israeli war since October. A statement by Culture Minister Soraya Mouloudji said the ministry will instead intensify activities that e...
Casablanca, Morocco — AFP North African football fans are using the sport to express solidarity for the Palestinians amid Israel’s ongoing genocidal war in Gaza. As early as October 8, supporters of Raja Club Athletic in Casablanca revived an old chant: “You for whom my heart is saddened,” goes the song which spread thr...
