Algeria

The Algerian League for Human Rights, the Algerian National Committee for Detainees Imprisoned, Amnesty International demands that full light be shed on the sexual violence that Saïd Chetouane, a 15-year-old minor, is subjected to at a police station in Algiers. , last Saturday. Similar acts of torture are increasing against young Hirak militants.…

I will not give up the issue of national memory, but I will never make this memory a business. It is a memory between two peoples and two countries. We are moving forward step by step. But I understand what the French President said. He said that what happened in Algeria (at the time of colonization) goes beyond the Holocaust. He said it. He said it was a crime against humanity. He said it. I do not doubt his sincerity. Abdelmadjid Tebboune,…

Where will the flagship meetings of African cultures take place in digital form or face to face in March? Here are eleven suggestions. Do not hesitate to send us your "essentials" to fipageculture@yahoo.fr. The New African Film Festival of Washington DC celebrates its 17th online edition, expanded to audiences across the…

The Algerian team, already qualified, finished the qualifier for the African Cup of Nations (CAN 2021) on March 29, 2021 in Blida with a 5-0 victory over Botswana. Also in Group H, Zambia won 2-0 on Zimbabwe's ground which is already sure to play CAN 2021 in Cameroon. The Algerian team ended quietly who qualifies for the…

While Paris has decided to facilitate access to the archives of the Algerian war in France, Algerian historians are demanding access to the archives for this period in Algeria. They have just sent an open letter on Thursday, March 25, to the President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, condemning the bureaucratic obstacles to their research.…

Algerian researchers must have access to the archives of Algeria kept in France by Abdelmajid Chikhi, Director General of the Algerian National Archives. The latter requires the opening of archives on both sides of the Mediterranean. Abdelmajid Chikhi was a guest on Monday on the Qatari channel Al-Jazeera in a program about the…

"Museum of Fine Arts has played a fundamental role for national art" in Algeria. Interview with the director and chief curator of the National Museum of Fine Arts in Algiers about the current role and future challenges of the largest art museum on the African continent. Dalila Orfali tells us about the collection's jewels, youth, digital, restitution and her vision for 2030.…

French President Emmanuel Macron announced a decision on Tuesday to speed up the declassification of secret documents related to Algeria's 1954-62 independence war from France. The move comes from a series of measures taken by Macron to unite France with its colonial past and address its brutal history with Algeria, which had been under French rule for 132 years until its independence in 1962. The French Presidency said in a statement that archival services will now be allowed to use a new procedure to…

Thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets of Algeria's capital on Friday as the Hirak movement regained momentum after a year-long hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic. Despite a ban on gatherings over COVID-19, crowds gathered in several districts of Algiers in the early afternoon and marched towards the city center, say journalists from Agence France-Presse (AFP). "It's amazing. It's like the big Friday Hirak is protesting," a protester said. Also known as the Revolution of…

In Algeria, the appeal of "Madame Maya", presented as the hidden daughter of ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, was held over the weekend in Tipaza, in western Algiers. This lawsuit is presented as a symbol of the fight against corruption. Initially, on October 14, Zoulikha-Chafika Nachinache (real name) posing as the daughter…