Algeria Travel News

The new British Embassy in Algiers is an outstanding piece of diplomatic architecture.

CAIRO: Egypt sent in riot police to quash street protests after a soccer loss to Algeria, but the state's own rants against Algiers suggest Cairo may have welcomed the diversion of discontent to a foreign target.

A crowd of Algerian football supporters attacked the headquarters of the Algerian subsidiary of Egypt's Orascom Telecom, smashing windows and destroying office equipment, the company said on Monday.

More than 25,000 Chinese work on huge housing projects and cross-country highways in Algeria, but few have any deep contacts with the local population.

Visiting Algiers, Algeria Nestled between the Mediterranean and the steep, forested hills that form its backdrop, Algiers is a city whose rich history can be seen in its architecture, from its Moorish mosques, Ottoman-style palaces and the Kasbah, a designated UNESCO World Heritage site, to its Berber fortifications, French colonial houses and ...

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the State Department are being sued by a diplomat who claims she was discriminated against because of her age.

Claims that Prince Andrew held secret 'detailed discussions' over the release of the Lockerbie bomber with Colonel Gaddafi's son were at the centre of a simmering diplomatic row last night.

On 21 July 2009, the Algerian Ministry of Culture and the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research signed a cooperation agreement with the support of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.

Alger, Sep 2 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is meeting Wednesday in this capital with his Algerian peer Abdelaziz Buteflika, according to a press release by the presidency.

Workmen digging the foundations of a new metro station in Algeria's capital stumbled on an archaeological goldmine that gives new meaning to "time travel" - opening a window on 2 300 years of history.

Some Chinese merchants in Algeria released an open letter to the Algerian people on Sunday in which they expressed grief over a recent brawl between some local Algerians and some Chinese in Algiers.

The streets of Algiers are deserted following clashes between Chinese and Algerian traders, but the tension is palpable despite comments by Beijing's envoy describing the unrest as an isolated incident.

About 100 local residents and Chinese migrant workers have clashed in the Algerian capital, some brandishing knives and rods, reports say.

Egypt's Islamic Legislation Authority has issued a fatwa a gainst the country's prominent writer Sayed Kemny, triggering angry reactions fr o m Islamic scholars, activists and rights groups.

Senegalese Prime Minister Souleymane Ndene Ndiaye on Thursday justified the postponement to 2011 of the Third World Festiva l of Negro Arts which had been scheduled to take place next December in Dakar.

A woman who misread the United States passport information on a customs Web site said the mixup has trapped her husband and daughter overseas.

The recent registration of the Cape Verdian site "Cidade Velha', the historical centre of Santiago's Ribeira Grande" on the list of the world heritage site is a comforting element that calls for the relentless continuation of reflections on slavery, Cape Verdian president, Pedro Pires, said Tuesday in Paris.

Tunisian private Television station, Nessma TV, has pled ged to promote culture in the Maghreb region with its new programme schedules.

China has warned its citizens in Algeria about possible attacks from Al-Qaeda in retribution for a Chinese government crackdown in the Muslim region of Xinjiang, and security has been tightened around Beijing's missions in the Philippines.

China has urged its citizens in Algeria to take extra care, after reports that a militant group might take revenge for the recent deaths of Muslim Uighurs.