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Italy's Giorgia Meloni eyes boost in strong energy ties with Algeria
Italy and gas-rich Algeria now want to build on then Premier Mario Draghi's successful initiatives last year to boost Algerian energy supplies to Italy

Banks looking at possibility of initiating rupee trade with Bangladesh, African nations
India imported goods worth $3,520.83 million from Egypt, of $1,004.24 million from Algeria and $2,725.08 million from Angola in the last financial year

Algeria hosts Arab League Summit after two years, battles to find common ground over series of divisive issues
In the past two years, new challenges have drastically reshaped Algeria's agenda, with the establishment of diplomatic ties between Israel and four more Arab League countries, as well as the fallout of the war in Ukraine

France's Emmanuel Macron announces 'new page' in ties with Algeria
Macron announced that France and Algeria would set up a joint commission of historians to study archives on France's 130 years of colonial rule in Algeria, including the devastating eight-year independence war

US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, in Israel for 'historic' meeting with Arab countries
Blinken's visit, the first stop in a trip that will also take him to the West Bank, Algeria and Morocco, is focused in part on building support for Ukraine after the Russian invasion

Fifth time in 42 years: Why snowfall has blanketed sand dunes of Sahara desert
In a ‘rare, but not unheard of’ situation, snow fell in the Saharan town of Ain Sefra in Algeria after temperatures plummeted to -2 degrees Celsius

AFCON 2021: Kelechi Iheanacho guides Nigeria past Egypt, Sierra Leone frustrate Algeria
Kelechi Iheanacho scored the only goal on 30 minutes as Nigeria overcame lacklustre Egypt 1-0.

FIFA World Cup Qualifiers: Riyad Mahrez helps Algeria stretch unbeaten run with 6-1 thrashing of Niger
The result in Blida kept reigning African champions Algeria top of Group A, ahead of Burkina Faso on goal difference in a two-team fight to finish first and qualify for the final elimination round next March.

Alone in the dark: For thousands of Afghans, Harki bloodbath of Algeria in 1962 is sum of all fears
After serving as auxiliaries in the French army during the Algerian War (1954-1962), they faced double persecution -- considered traitors by their own and treated with contempt in France

Africa Cup of Nations: Title-holders Algeria and Ivory Coast renew continental rivalry
Algeria and the Ivory Coast were placed in Group E with Sierra Leone and Equatorial Guinea when the draw was made in Yaounde on Tuesday.

Riyad Mahrez strikes as African champions Algeria create 27-match unbeaten record
Popularly known as the Desert Foxes, the north Africans set the record by winning 20 matches, drawing seven, scoring 58 goals and conceding 17.

Mali make it to Africa Cup of Nations 2022 with win over Namibia; Tunisia also qualify after draw
Sekou Koita and Moussa Doumbia scored in Mali's 2-1 win over Namibia in Windhoek, which clinched an eighth consecutive appearance at the African football showcase.

Algeria qualifies for 2022 African Cup of Nations after Zimbabwe draw; Egypt's Mohamed Elneny tests positive for COVID-19
In Group C, Ghana and South Africa are level on nine points at the top of the group but Ghana have played a game less and will qualify for the finals with a win in Sudan on Tuesday.

India slip two places to 103 in FIFA rankings, Algeria leapfrog 28 places after Africa Cup triumph
In the recent rankings released by FIFA, India fell two places to 103 after it lost two matches and drew one in the Intercontinental Cup earlier this month

Africa Cup of Nations 2019 Final: Algeria's Baghdad Bounedjah redeems himself after horrid quarter-final with winning goal in summit clash
On Friday, Baghdad Bounedjah’s tears of despair after quarter-finals turned to unmitigated joy as he scored the goal which won Algeria the Africa Cup of Nations for only the second time and the first in 29 years.

Africa Cup of Nations 2019: Algeria clinch title after Baghdad Bounedjah's freak early goal sinks Senegal in final
Algeria, who committed 32 fouls according to official match statistics, sat back after the early goal against Senegal and had to scrap for their win in a match that was certainly not a classic but was tense and gripping throughout.

Africa Cup of Nations 2019: Tournament top-scorer Odion Ighalo helps Nigeria beat Tunisia in third-place playoff
Nigeria beat Tunisia 1-0 in the third-place playoff of the Africa Cup of Nations on the back of Odion Ighalo's fifth goal of the tournament

Africa Cup of Nations 2019: Algeria, Senegal coaches headline tournament final ahead of Riyad Mahrez vs Sadio Mane battle
Both Algeria and Senegal will play their only second Africa Cup final, with Algeria having won once while Senegal will be vying for their maiden title

Africa Cup of Nations 2019: Historic tensions dissipate as Egyptian fans debate cheering for arch-rivals Algeria in final
Egyptians are debating cheering for Algeria, even as the bloody clashes between both sides' fans in a World Cup qualifier ten years back continue to haunt

Africa Cup of Nations 2019: Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr says team will emerge stronger from narrow semi-final loss to Algeria
Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr said that there were plenty of positives to take from his side's Africa Cup campaign after their exit in the semifinals