Algeria
Algeria backs hydroxychloroquine despite WHO dropping trials
The study found that administering the medicine or, separately, the related anti-malarial chloroquine, actually increased COVID-19 patients' risk of dying.
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Outcry in Algeria after pregnant doctor dies of virus
Health Minister Abderrahman Benbouzid sacked the director of the Ras El Oued hospital in eastern Algeria after Wafa Boudissa succumbed to COVID-19, a source close to the case told AFP.
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Algeria extends coronavirus restrictions by 15 days
The government last month decided to extend until 14 May restrictions on movement including a nationwide night curfew and closures of universities, schools, and mosques.
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Algeria presidency says state budget to be slashed by half
The government also postponed from Sunday until 10 May consideration of a finance law, which seeks to frame a response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Algeria to suspend air and sea links with France over virus
Abdelaziz Djerad ordered the 'exceptional suspension' of 'all air and sea passenger services' after consultation with his French counterpart Edouard Philippe, his office said in a statement Sunday.
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Algeria reports second coronavirus death
The second death announced in the evening by the health ministry was of a 55-year-old Algerian who had returned home from France.
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Algerian ex-diplomat eyed as next UN Libya envoy: sources
When asked Wednesday if UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had put forward Lamamra, a diplomatic source said, 'you're right'.
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Algeria confirms two more coronavirus cases
The cases brought to three the number of people infected with the virus in the North African country.
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Algeria's public debt rises to 45% of GDP, economy 'delicate' - PM
Addressing lawmakers, Djerad blamed mismanagement and corruption during the past years for worsening financial problems in the OPEC-member nation, pledging to overcome the situation through reforms.
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Protest-torn Algeria plans to ban 'hate speech'
Algerian social networks have become a battleground for rival political camps after they gave rise to the popular 'Hirak' protest movement that in April ended the 20-year reign of president Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
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Algerian army chief Ahmed Gaid Salah dies - Ennahar TV
This as the country has been riven by mass protests since February demanding a wholesale change in the ruling elite, including that the army steps back from politics.
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New president sworn in to lead protest-hit Algeria
Abdelmadjid Tebboune must now address the grievances of the protesters, who have remained on the streets to prevent what they see as a ploy by the political elite to retain its hold on power.
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Bouteflika-era PM elected president of protest-hit Algeria
Abdelmadjid Tebboune, 74, took 58.15% of the vote, trouncing his four fellow contenders without the need for a second-round runoff, electoral commission chairman Mohamed Charfi announced.
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Algerian protesters rally as election goes ahead
The military-backed government sees the vote as the only way to end 10 months of unrest that brought down veteran president Abdelaziz Bouteflika in April. The demonstrators say no vote to replace him can be legitimate while the old guard still holds sway.
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Algerian protesters demand Thursday's election be cancelled
While the military, the dominant force in the pouvoir - 'the power' - has cast the election as the only way to end the stalemate on the streets, the protesters reject it as a sham designed to maintain the status quo.
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2 Algerian ex-PMs get heavy jail terms for corruption
The verdicts came just two days before Algeria is due to elect a president to replace Bouteflika in a vote bitterly opposed by the country's nine-month-old protest movement, which sees it as a regime ploy to cling to power.
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Eight babies killed in Algeria hospital fire: emergency services
It was the second blaze to hit the maternity hospital in Oued Souf in 18 months.
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Algerian economy creaks at the seams after six months of turmoil
The country’s rich oil and gas resources are still flowing, but thousands of jobs are on the line and growth is stuttering.
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DA wants answers over sexual assault allegations against Algerian ambassador
A domestic helper who had been employed in the residence of Abd-El-Naceur Belaid opened a criminal case 10 years ago for alleged sexual assault.
