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Algeria
12 Killed, 240 Injured During World Cup Celebration
Algeria qualified for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil
How Egypt’s Turmoil Echoes Algeria’s Bloody Civil War
Millions of voters elected an Islamic political party to run the country, but the military stepped in, forced out the winners of the election and handpicked a group of politicians in their place. No, this is not Egypt in 2013. It …
Abdelaziz Bouteflika: Is Algeria’s Strongman on His Way Out?
Two days after Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was airlifted to a military hospital in Paris to be treated for a supposed “mini-stroke,” his doctors raced to reassure the country that the autocratic ruler was not …
Ali Dilem’s Controversial Political Cartoons
Ali Dilem is Algeria’s best-known cartoonist. He has been prosecuted at least 50 times for his subversive work, but now Algeria’s authoritarian rulers may have recognized the folly of trying to muffle him.
Algeria’s Lesson for Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi: Let the Satirist Be
If Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi needs pointers in how to deal with the wildly popular TV satirist Bassem Youssef — who was charged last week with insulting the President and mocking Islam — he might find them in a nearby …
Muammar Gaddafi’s Daughter Thrown Out of Algeria After Starting Fires in Safe House
Aisha Gaddafi was thrown out of Algeria for repeatedly setting fire to her safe house there, it has emerged
Jihadi Strike in Timbuktu Reflects Altered Terrorism Threat in Mali
As France prepares its military departure from Mali, a March 31 strike by militants in Timbuktu indicates how jihadi forces aren’t giving up — just reverting to previous practice
French Officials Warn ‘Success’ in Mali Won’t End Islamist Threat
Despite gains against Islamist militias in Mali, France believes victory in the Sahel will require political reform across Africa to eliminate the threat for good
With Limited Freedoms, Many Algerians Vote with Their Feet
“You’re an American journalist?” says Yassin Benabdullah, a lanky 21-year-old in a baseball cap, when I introduce myself to him on a downtown street. “Take me with you! I’ll go now, this minute.”
In Algiers, a city …
‘We Did Not Predict This’: Top Algerian Minister Discusses January Hostage Crisis
In his first interview with a Western journalist since last month’s devastating hostage siege—which killed dozens of foreign oil workers, including three Americans—the country’s Minister of Energy and Mines told TIME that …
France’s Mali Mission: Has al-Qaeda Already Been Defeated?
Despite the French army’s rapid progress in pushing al-Qaeda-linked extremists to the nether regions of Mali, officials in Paris say full elimination of jihadi militias in the Sahel is more than unlikely
Mali’s War: After Surging Into the Islamist-Held North, Will France Retreat?
Franco-Malian offensive frees Timbuktu as the last major Mali town held by jihadi militias, but French moves handing over campaign against al-Qaeda allies in Mali to African forces raise doubts about future success.