Algeria become first African team to record 27-match unbeaten run

Captain Riyad Mahrez scored as Algeria defeated Tunisia 2-0 in an international friendly this weekend to create a record 27-match unbeaten run by an African national team. An Ivory Coast side that included Yaya and Kolo Toure and Didier Drogba set a 26- …

Algeria parliamentary elections kick off

ALGIERS, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The parliamentary elections in Algeria kicked off on Saturday. More than 24 million people are eligible to vote for their 407 representatives at the National People's Assembly, or the lower house of parliament, for a five …

Algeria votes in parliamentary elections amid disillusionment, repression

Algerians headed to polling stations on Saturday for the country's first parliamentary election since former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika was ousted. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune shrugged off boycott calls and low turnout prognoses, urging " …

Algeria elects parliament amid protests

ALGIERS: Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune waves as he departs after voting at a polling station in Bouchaoui, on the western outskirts of Algeria’s capital Algiers yesterday during the 2021 parliamentary elections. – AFP ALGIERS: Algeria voted …

Algeria votes in parliamentary elections

Algerians headed to polling stations on Saturday for the country's first parliamentary election since former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika was ousted. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune shrugged off boycott calls and low turnout prognoses, urging " …

Algeria elects parliament amid ‘repression’ of protest movement |

Algeria was voting Saturday in a parliamentary election overshadowed by a crackdown on a long-running protest movement that has campaigned for a mass boycott. Pro-government parties have urged a big turnout for the “crucial vote” which they hope will …

Algeria holds first parliament election since protest wave in 2019. But many stayed away.

“The last three Fridays, I’ve been too scared to leave home,” said Sabah, 48, who previously participated in the protests regularly and spoke on the condition she be identified by only her first name. She said she did not plan to vote Saturday, citing her …

Will Algeria’s election make a difference?

Polls open in Algeria’s tense general elections

Polls opened in Algeria on Saturday for a tense election. It’s the first legislative polls since former long time President Bouteflika was forced from office in 2019. His replacement President Tebboune says the vote is to tackle corruption and build a “new …

Algeria&#39 s parliamentary elections kick off with new electoral system

(MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) ALGIERS, June 12 (KUNA) - Algeria's National People Assembly election kicked off Saturday, where polling centers are expected to receive more than 24 million voters to choose their representatives, with a new …