By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on BBC
In 1956, France intercepted a plane carrying five leaders of Algeria’s National Liberation Front, then travelling from Morocco to Tunis, in a major episode of the war of independence. Ahmed Rouaba places the affair in its historical context in an account published by the BBC.
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Algeria’s National Railway Transport Company restored the direct link between Annaba and Tunis on 21 October 2026, after it was suspended for 20 days because of work on the Algerian network. Services have resumed, including on the section between Aïn El Senour and Souk Ahras, according to the Algerian railway company.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Source: Maghrebemergent ·
An Algerian police officer has been sentenced to life imprisonment for transporting 1.26 kg of cocaine between Algiers and Annaba. Two other defendants received 20-year prison sentences in the case, reported by Leprovincial.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Source: Leprovincial ·
Ethiopia has taken control of Zalambessa, a border town, as tensions with Eritrea fuel fears of the conflict spreading. Researcher Martin Plaut believes that an entry by Ethiopian troops into Eritrea is now feared, reports France 24.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Source: France 24 ·
Algeria’s Ministry of Defence has released the first confession attributed to YouTuber Amir DZ, more than a month after deadly fires hit, notably, Jijel wilaya. The fires killed and injured people and caused extensive material damage, according to the Ministry of National Defence.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Source: TSA ·
Fatiha Mansouri wins African boxing gold for Algeria in NairobiAlgerian boxer Fatiha Mansouri won gold in the under-51kg category at the 2026 African Senior Championships, beating Kenya’s Veronica Mbithi 4-1 in the final in Nairobi. The victory gives Algeria its first continental title of this edition, while several other Algerian boxers are also competing in the finals, reports Eldjoumhouria.
Egypt says it has exhausted negotiations over Ethiopian damEgyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam says his country has exhausted negotiating options over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, without reaching an agreement with Ethiopia. He accuses Addis Ababa of failing to implement principles agreed in 2015 and rejecting a draft agreement negotiated in Washington, according to his remarks at the Egypt Forum.The week in Africa
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