UNSC to hold emergency meeting after Rafah attack
The emergency meeting was requested by Algeria and supported by Slovenia, diplomats said on Monday.
The emergency meeting was requested by Algeria and supported by Slovenia, diplomats said on Monday.
The local elections in Algeria began on Saturday as some 23 million Algerians are expected to elect their representatives in 1,541 municipal
The 21-year old footballer is presently a goalkeeper for a Spanish Football club- Racing Santander.
Egyptians start voting Saturday in a referendum that aims to cement the rule of President Abdel Fattah al-Sis.
Though Algeria was not convulsed by the Arab Spring as Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Syria were in 2011, memories of the shortlived democratic revival of the 1980s must still rankle.
The 1,600-km-long Morocco-Algeria border has been closed since 1994 after Rabat imposed visa regulations on Algerian visitors after a deadly attack on the Atlas Asni Hotel in Marrakech.
Internet service, both mobile and fixed line, is to be off for an hour after the start of each high school diploma exam to stop any leaks
The Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti apprised the two visiting ambassadors of many of the welfare and humanitarian measures being taken by her government.
At least 257 people, mostly soldiers and members of their families, were killed in an Algerian military plane crash on Wednesday, the defence ministry said.
At least 100 people were killed when a military plane crashed soon after takeoff in a farm field in northern Algeria on Wednesday, officials said.
