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Algeria Deports Nearly 3000 Illegal Immigrant Africans in the Sahara Desert in the last 10 Days
Algerian authorities deported 2,852 migrants between February 23 and March 5. The exiles were abandoned in the middle of the desert, several kilometers from the Nigerien border, without water or food. Among them are women and children.
They were abandoned in the middle of the desert, under a blazing sun, without water or food. In just 10 days, 2,852 people from sub-Saharan Africa were deported from...
Algerian player dies after collapsing on pitch as spate of tragedies hit football
Algerian footballer Sofiane Loukar has died after collapsing while captaining his team Mouloudia Saida in a second division match on Saturday.
Loukar is said to have collided with his own goalkeeper in the 26th minute of the Algerian Ligue 2 meeting with rivals ASM Oran.
After receiving treatment the player was cleared to return to the pitch, only to collapse suddenly around 10 minutes later.
According...
Algeria Sick of Blacks, Deports Tens of Thousands Back South to Niger
The Algerian government—sick and tired of being used as a staging post by millions of sub-Saharan Africans seeking to invade Europe—has started dumping tens of thousands of blacks back south back into the desert on the Niger border in an attempt to stem the flow.
According to a report in the Deutsche Welle (DW) news service, in the latest incident, nearly 600 black invaders in Algeria were dumped...
4 Albums of 2017 You Should Listen to During Papers Writing
Music is one way to calm someone’s thoughts. It can be lyrical or instrumental, but either way it still helps people think more clearly. Writing an essay is a bit hard especially if you are not inspired while writing. Listening to music while writing your ideas will be a great help because it will make you more focused and relaxed. It is also believed that when a person listens to music while writing...
Its snowing in Sahara Desert for First time in 37 years
Snow fell on the Sahara desert for the first time in 37 years and the rare weather has been captured in spectacular photographs.
The Algerian town of Ain Sefra experienced snow for the first time since 1979 on December 19, leaving part of the world’s largest hot desert with a light sprinkling.
Amateur photographer Karim Bouchetata captured the flakes as they dusted the red desert sand dunes in a...
Algeria: Violence against women equal to 20 years in jail
The parliament of Algeria passed a law that stipulates criminal punishment for causing bodily harm to one’s life partner. The changes in the law of the country have sparked critical reviews from Islamists.
More than half of Algeria’s 462 MPs took part in the vote to adopt the bill. The law makes inflicting injury on one’s spouse punishable with up to 20 years in prison. In accordance...
US embassies to remain closed over most serious Al-Qaeda threat in years
The US extends its embassy closures through August 10, State Department has announced. The Al-Qaeda threat that forced US and European embassies in the Middle East and North Africa to shut down is the most serious in years according to a US lawmaker.
Although some of the US diplomatic posts are scheduled to reopen on Monday, including those in Kabul, Baghdad and Algiers, most of 22 US embassies that...
US presses Algeria to lend support to military intervention in Mali
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (R) and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton brief the press following a meeting at the Mouradia Palace, Algiers, October 29, 2012.
The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has met with Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to pressure his country to lend support to a potential military intervention in northern Mali.
Clinton paid a one-day visit to the...
Algeria: Suicide Bomb Attack Wounds Dozens
A suicide bomb attack on a police station in eastern Algeria early Sunday injured 29 people, according to reports.
The suicide bomber rammed the entrance of the police station causing major damage, French language daily El Watan said.
The paper said that two Chinese nationals had been injured, while Mohamed Nedir, director of the university hospital in Tizi Ouzou, around 100 kilometres (60 miles)...
Algeria shuts down internet and Facebook as protest mounts
Algerian protesters chant slogans during a demonstration in Algiers.
Internet providers were shut down and Facebook accounts deleted across Algeria on Saturday as thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators were arrested in violent street demonstrations.
Plastic bullets and tear gas were used to try and disperse large crowds in major cities and towns, with 30,000 riot police taking to the streets in Algiers...
Now revolution takes hold in Algeria, Hundreds arrested
Not-so-thin blue line: Riot policemen surround protesters during the demonstration. Estimates put the numbers of police at 30,000 - three times the number of protesters.
Now revolution takes hold in Algeria, Hundreds arrested as ‘30,000’ riot police try to quell democracy march inspired by downfall of Hosni Mubarak.
Thousands of riot police arrested hundreds of demonstrators in the Algerian...