Algeria
German official sent home for racist slur at Olympics

Jul. 29, 2021 06:53 AM EDT
TOKYO (AP) — A German cycling official has been suspended and will be sent home from the Tokyo Olympics after using a racist slur during the men’s time trial. ...

FILE - In this July 2, 2020 file photo, activist Karim Tabbou flashes a victory sign as he is greeted by supporters as he is released from the prison of Kolea, west of Algiers. A politician and a journalist who are prominent opposition figures in Algeria have been arrested days ahead of the country's parliamentary election, according to a group of lawyers defending jailed activists of the pro-democracy movement. The National Committee for the Liberation of the Detained said politician Karim Tabbou was arrested Thursday night at his home in the southwestern suburbs of Algiers. (AP Photo/Anis Belghoul, FILE)
Algeria votes for new parliament but activists plan boycott

Jun. 12, 2021 02:36 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb.26, 2021 file photo, Brahim Ghali, head of the Sahrawi Democratic Arab Republic and the Polisario Front, poses in the refugees camp of Tindouf, southern Algeria. Brahim Ghali was released from a hospital in northern Spain following more than six weeks of treatment after contracting COVID-19, according to a brief statement sent to the Associated Press by the self-declared Sahrawi Democratic Arab Republic. Ghali has long fought to break the Western Sahara away from Moroccan rule. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum, File)
Western Sahara independence chief leaves Spain for Algeria

Jun. 02, 2021 03:16 AM EDT

Travelers queue at the Houari Boumediene airport for a flight bound to Paris, Tuesday, June 1, 2021 in Algiers. Algeria has partially reopened its air borders Tuesday for the first time in over 15 months of the COVID-19 crisis. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum)
Algeria partially reopens air travel after 14-month shutdown

Jun. 01, 2021 12:10 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 7, 2021 file photo an advertising figure for Covid-19 rapid test stands in front of a small test center in Frankfurt, Germany. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, file)
The Latest: Melbourne pandemic lockdown extended to 2nd week

By The Associated Press Jun. 01, 2021 01:17 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 7, 2021 file photo, demonstrators supporting the Hirak pro-democracy movement are pushed by police officers in Algiers, Friday, May 7, 2021. A crackdown on the pro-democracy Hirak movement, with hundreds arrested around Algeria during last week's 117th Friday march, casts a pall over presidential efforts to give a new face to a nation whose army plays a backseat role in governance. (AP Photo/Anis Belghoul, File)
Hope, tension mark kickoff of Algerian election campaign

May. 21, 2021 11:31 AM EDT

FILE - In this file image made from video on Feb. 27, 2021, Brahim Ghali, leader of the pro-independence Polisario Front speaks to a crowd in Tindouf, Algeria. Ghali, the leader of an Algeria-backed movement fighting for the independence of Western Sahara, was admitted to a hospital in northern Spain last month. His presence under a disguised identity didn’t go unnoticed to the government in Morocco, the country that annexed the northwestern African territory nearly half a century ago. (AP Photo, file)
An ailing Sahrawi leader shakes Spain and Morocco's alliance

By Aritz Parra May. 20, 2021 12:11 PM EDT

In this image made from video, Brahim Ghali, leader of the pro-independence Polisario Front speaks to a crowd in Tindouf, Algeria, Feb. 27, 2021. The leader of the Polisario Front that leads the struggle for the self-declared Western Sahara republic has been brought to Spain to receive medical treatment, it was announced Thursday, April 22. Brahim Ghali, who is 73, leads the Algeria-backed pro-independence group representing the local Sahrawi population that has fought Moroccan forces for control of the territory in western Africa. Ghali was taken to Spain “for strictly humanitarian reasons," the foreign ministry said. (AP Photo)
Sahara's Polisario Front chief gets COVID treatment in Spain

By Aritz Parra Apr. 22, 2021 05:15 PM EDT

Algerian students demonstrate, one with a poster reading "The right to defend our rights" in Algiers, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Protesters took to the streets of Algiers and other cities around Algeria last Friday in a bid to restart weekly pro-democracy demonstrations. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum)
Algerian students restart weekly protests cut off by virus

Mar. 02, 2021 12:57 PM EST

A man closes a restaurant while Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune speaks on television, Thursday, Feb.18, 2021 in Algiers. Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced he will dissolve parliament to pave the way for new elections and ordered the release of 32 protesters whose pro-democracy movement pushed out his predecessor two years ago. However he didn't set a date for the elections yet, and protesters want deeper change to Algeria's still-secretive power structure. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum)
Algerian president dissolves parliament, frees prisoners

Feb. 18, 2021 04:40 PM EST

People wait after receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against the COVID-19 in a vaccination center in the Lyon sports arena, central France, Thursday, Fev. 18, 2021. French Health Minister Olivier Veran promised stepped-up testing and vaccinations, but the government has resisted calls from some local doctors and leaders for a new lockdown. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
The Latest: Nevada has 1st confirmed case of SAfrica variant

By The Associated Press Feb. 18, 2021 05:57 AM EST

Algerian president returns home after virus-linked operation

Feb. 12, 2021 02:40 PM EST
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria's president returned home on Friday following a month's hospitalization in Germany after contracting COVID-19 in October. ...

Tunisia looks to Russia, Pfizer for vaccination program

By Bouazza Ben Bouazza Feb. 05, 2021 01:15 PM EST
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian authorities have given emergency authorization to use Russia’s Sputnik-V coronavirus vaccine, but haven’t yet ordered any doses,...

People stand in a queue to get a shot of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in a vaccination center in GUM State Department store in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. Russia started a mass coronavirus vaccination campaign on Monday, Jan. 18. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
Study: Russia's Sputnik V vaccine appears safe, effective

By Maria Cheng And Daria Litvinova Feb. 02, 2021 07:39 AM EST

A woman receives the Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Blida, south of Algiers, Algeria, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. The vaccines were delivered to the Boufarik military airport west of Algiers, Minister Amar Belhimeur said in a statement. He did not indicate how many arrived, though the government had said it had ordered a first batch of 500,000 Sputnik doses. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum)
Algeria starts COVID-19 vaccination drive with Russian shots

Jan. 30, 2021 07:03 AM EST

This Sept. 2020 photo provided by Johnson & Johnson shows a clinician preparing to administer investigational Janssen COVID-19 vaccine. Johnson & Johnson's long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine appears to protect against symptomatic illness with just one shot – not as strong as some two-shot rivals but still potentially helpful for a world in dire need of more doses. Johnson & Johnson said Friday, Jan. 29, 2021 that in the U.S. and seven other countries, the first single-shot vaccine appears 66% effective overall at preventing moderate to severe COVID-19. It was more protective against severe symptoms, 85%. (Johnson & Johnson via AP)
The Latest: Vaccinated congressman tests positive for virus

By The Associated Press Jan. 29, 2021 04:36 AM EST

Algeria leader back to Germany for COVID-19-linked treatment

Jan. 10, 2021 12:17 PM EST
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune returned Sunday to Germany, where he spent two months for treatment of a COVID-19 infection,...

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 file photo, Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune delivers a speech during an inauguration ceremony in the presidential palace, in Algiers, Algeria. Still recovering from COVID-19, Algeria's president suddenly reappeared Sunday Dec. 13, 2020, after nearly two months out of the public eye, saying in a video message that it may still be several more weeks before he is fit enough to return to his North African country. (AP Photo/Toufik Doudou, File)
President returns to Algeria, reports recovery from COVID-19

Dec. 29, 2020 04:06 PM EST

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 file photo, Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune delivers a speech during an inauguration ceremony in the presidential palace, in Algiers, Algeria. Still recovering from COVID-19, Algeria's president suddenly reappeared Sunday Dec. 13, 2020, after nearly two months out of the public eye, saying in a video message that it may still be several more weeks before he is fit enough to return to his North African country. (AP Photo/Toufik Doudou, File)
After battling virus, Algerian leader suddenly reappears

Dec. 13, 2020 12:54 PM EST

Dry ice is poured into a box containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as it is prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage, Mich., Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool)
The Latest: COVID-19 vaccine begins arriving in Canada

The Associated Press Dec. 13, 2020 01:53 AM EST