Heartbroken and homeless: Algerian villagers grapples with wildfire aftermath
Bejaia, AlgeriaReuters When Algeria’s deadly wildfires tore through the forest around their village, brothers Khelaf and Lyazid Tazibt could only hustle their families out of the door and abandon the home they shared to the flames. The two men, both retired, and their wives and children, are now among hundreds of Algerians left homeless by […]
At least 65 killed in Algerian wildfires; Greece and Italy burn
Athens, Greece/Algiers, Algeria Reuters Exhausted Greek firefighters battled blazes for a ninth day on Wednesday amid sweltering temperatures that also helped stoke wildfires in Algeria, where at least 65 people died, and in southern Italy. From Turkey to Tunisia, countries around the Mediterranean have been seeing some of their highest temperatures in decades, as the […]
Wildfire rips through Algeria, killing 42 people including soldiers
Algiers, AlgeriaReuters Forest fires in Algeria killed 42 people on Tuesday, including 25 soldiers deployed to help put out the blaze, the government said, as thick clouds of smoke covered much of the mountainous Kabylie region east of the capital. Dozens of separate fires have raged through forest areas across northern Algeria since Monday night […]
EU criticised over surveillance aid in nations where privacy at risk
London, UK Thomson Reuters Foundation European Union aid has been used to pay for surveillance equipment and training in countries with inadequate safeguards against excessive state snooping, rights groups said on Wednesday, calling for an end to the “unacceptable” practice. From training Algerian police on social media monitoring to equipping Niger with phone-tracking tools, the […]
Two more churches closed in Algeria
Algiers, AlgeriaBosNewsLife Two more churches have been closed by courts in Muslim-dominated Algeria as part of a government crackdown on places of Christian worship, according to court documents seen by BosNewsLife. The closure orders were given to a church in the coastal city of Oran on 12th January and to the House of Hope church […]
Algeria names new Prime Minister
Algiers. AlgeriaReuters Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Saturday named a university professor and former diplomat as Prime Minister as he builds a new government to handle political unrest and a looming economic challenge. Abdelaziz Djerad, 65, served in the administration of a previous president in the 1990s, but was sidelined by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who […]
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“Sad day” in Algeria as officials seal buildings of country’s largest churches
Tizi-Ouzou, AlgeriaMorning Star News Authorities in Algeria on Wednesday closed the Tafath (Light) church building in Tizi-Ouzou, a day after sealing shut the country’s largest church despite resistance, sources said. A third church in northern Algeria – the Source of Light church in Makouda – was also closed on Tuesday. Sealing of Tafath church in Tizi-Ouzou, […]
Peaceful sit-in provokes order to close Algerian church – Christian leader
Tizi-Ouzou, AlgeriaMorning Star News Christian protest of Algeria’s church closures resulted in an order on Sunday to seal the church building of the head of the umbrella group of Protestant churches, the leader said. Salah Chalah, head of the Protestant Church of Algeria umbrella group (l’Église Protestante d’Algérie, or EPA), said the order he received […]
Christians in Algeria hit with more church closures
Tizi-Ouzou, AlgeriaMorning Star News Authorities today sealed shut a church building in Tigzirt, Algeria, two days after shutting another building serving two churches without prior notice, sources said. Acting on orders from the governor of Tizi-Ouzou Province, eight police officers arrived at 11:45am on Tuesday at the Church of Boghni building and sealed the doors […]