Apr 01 Algeria’s leader, ceding to protests, vows to step down by month’s end By Aomar Ouali, Thomas Adamson, Associated Press It's unclear if the stunning move will appease the masses of protesters whose vociferous calls for Bouteflika and his cadre of loyalists to quit have expanded to demand an overhaul of the entire political system. Continue reading
Mar 29 Watch 6:08 News Wrap: Barr says he’ll release version of Mueller report in April In our Friday news wrap, Attorney General William Barr will give Congress a partial version of the Mueller report by mid-April, according to a letter he sent the chairs of both the House and Senate Judiciary Committees; Democrats insist it… Continue watching
Mar 29 Algerians march against president in sixth week of nationwide protests By Aomar Ouali, Associated Press Algerians took to the streets by the millions for the sixth straight Friday of nationwide protests. Continue reading
Mar 14 Algeria prime minister promises new government within days By Associated Press Algeria has been facing mass protests calling for the nation's president to step down. Continue reading
Mar 10 Algeria’s president arrives home amid protests By Associated Press Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has landed at a military airport south of the capital and quickly departed in a convoy after spending two weeks in a Swiss hospital. Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch 22:26 March 3, 2019 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS NewsHour On this edition for Sunday, March 3, the U.S. and South Korea announce they will scale back joint “war game” exercises, a centuries-long dispute continues between Greece and Britain over the rightful place of the Parthenon marbles, California’s dying Salton… Continue watching
Mar 03 Algeria’s president runs for 5th term, promises key changes By Oamar Ouali, Associated Press Algeria’s ailing president said Sunday that if he wins a fifth term in April, he would promote political changes that his critics have demanded and call an early presidential election in which he would not run. Continue reading
Jul 13 Algeria stops forcing migrants into Sahara after outrage By Lori Hinnant, Associated Press PARIS — Algeria's deadly expulsions of migrants into the Sahara Desert have nearly ground to a halt after widespread condemnation and the abrupt firing of two top security officials. Continue reading
Apr 11 257 people die after military plane crashes in Algeria By Associated Press The crash occurred soon after takeoff from the Boufarik air base southwest of the capital Algiers. Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch News Wrap: Militants behead Frenchman in Algeria By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, a Frenchman was murdered by militants linked to the Islamic State in Algeria. Herve Gourdel was kidnapped over the weekend and was killed after the French government refused to halt airstrikes in Iraq. Also, NATO… Continue watching