Region | Algeria
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Tuesday May 21
Algeria president Bouteflika ordered complete rest, says Prime Minister
President convalescing in France after suspected minor stroke
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Monday May 20
Algerian editor accuses government of censorship
Says articles on Bouteflika quoted credible medical sources
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Sunday May 19
Dailies censored over Abdul Aziz Bouteflika ‘coma’ reports
Two newspapers referred to a deterioration in president’s health
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Tuesday May 7
Questions asked over Algeria leader’s health
‘Total blackout’ on information has left state in flux after president’s stroke
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Sunday May 5
Algeria court sentences two Islamists to death
They are accused of killing 500 people during civil war
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Sunday May 5
Trial of Algerian Islamists accused of killing 500 people begins
Pair confessed to killing soldiers and members of auxiliary units
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Monday Apr 29
Algeria president suffers stroke: Abdul Aziz Bouteflika ‘in very good health’
Bouteflika will return from France within seven days, his doctor says
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Thursday Apr 25
Algeria’s big secret
The powerful old men who run the country believe in tackling national and international issues in private and appear reluctant to take the world stage
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Tuesday Apr 16
Algeria head of state during civil war dies
Ali Kafi’s remains will lie in state at the People’s Palace in Algiers
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Saturday Mar 16
Abu Ghraib — the stain that won’t go away
The US has not been held accountable for all of the atrocities it has committed
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Saturday Feb 9
US mulls putting Algeria militant on ‘kill’ list: report
Move to put the mastermind of last month’s attack on an Algerian natural-gas facility on a secret “kill” list
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Saturday Feb 2
How cigarette smuggling fuels Africa’s Islamist violence
Contraband tobacco is a $1b trade in north Africa, run by extremists including Mokhtar Belmokhtar
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Saturday Feb 2
Tobacco and terrorism
Cigarettes have become an increasingly important source of financing for militias
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Thursday Jan 31
Britain, Algeria strike security deal
Cameron’s visit comes less than two weeks after 37 foreign hostages were killed by Islamists
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Monday Jan 21
Algeria gas plant siege toll passes 80
Kidnappers’ group warns of more attacks with more than 20 hostages unaccounted for
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Monday Jan 21
Six Filipinos dead in Algeria siege, four missing: government
Hostage-taking incident in Algeria gas plant leaves six Filipinos dead, with four “still unaccounted for”
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Friday Jan 18
Algeria gunmen demand prisoner swap
Criticism mounts of Algiers’ decision not to warn governments before raids
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Tuesday Jan 8
Algerian jailed for life over kidnap of tourists
The 15 tourists abducted in February 2003 were all eventually released
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Saturday Jan 5
Al Qaida financier among seven killed in Algeria
Rezki took up arms against the government in 1994
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Saturday Dec 22
Veteran Algeria opposition leader steps down
He led the Socialist Forces Front since founding it in 1963
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Friday Dec 21
French president recognises brutal Algeria rule
Hollande refers to specific atrocities, notably the massacre at Setif
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Saturday Dec 1
Algeria’s ruling party wins local election
Surprise winner new Popular Algerian Movement, which won 12 communes
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Saturday Nov 10
4 dead as Algerian military plane crashes
It was flying home from Paris
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Monday Oct 29
Clinton arrives in Algeria for Mali, Al Qaida talks
The North African nation shares a long border with Mali
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Saturday Oct 6
Algeria’s ex-president Bendjedid dies: news agency
Algeria’s former long-time president Chadli Bendjedid died of cancer on Saturday aged 83
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