Death penalty bill for forest arsonists clears Algeria lower house
Human rights organisations accused Algiers of using the law to target political opposition groups.
![A firefighter works to extinguish a fire, as a wildfire due to rising temperature sweeps through several villages in the mountainous Bejaia province, in Taourirt Ighil, Algeria, August 19, 2025. [Abdelaziz Boumzar/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2025-08-19T182134Z_2013025311_RC28AGANGFFH_RTRMADP_3_ALGERIA-WEATHER-WILDFIRE-1790867405.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Algeria civil defence recovers body of 10-year-old boy from well
Child found dead after four-day rescue effort in Algeria’s western province of el-Bayadh.
![Rescue teams tried for four days to reach the child Ayoub [Courtesy: Bawabat Al-Jazayer]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Algeria1-1788694907.webp?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Rescuers race to save 10-year-old Algerian boy trapped in deep well
Rescue teams in Algeria are racing against time to save a 10-year-old boy named Ayoub, after he fell into an deep well.
Published On 4 Sep 2026
Algeria’s president seeks death penalty for those who start forest fires
Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s call comes after wildfires killed at least 12 people and injured 54 in northeastern Algeria.
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Algeria wildfire death toll expected to rise as survivors say nothing left
Algeria says at least 12 people have been killed in wildfires sweeping the northeast, with the toll expected to rise.
Published On 29 Aug 2026
Tuareg rebels free more Malian soldiers in prisoner swap, sources say
Tuareg rebels have freed about 60 Malian soldiers in exchange for one of their own leaders, security sources said.
![A Malian soldier stands near a truck during a patrol following the attack on Mali's main military base Kati, outside the capital Bamako, in Kati, Mali, April 27, 2026 [Stringer/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2026-04-27T121509Z_1695817415_RC2MXKAWT8W6_RTRMADP_3_MALI-SECURITY-1787963389.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Algeria residents mourn neighbours lost in wildfire aftermath
Residents of Algeria’s northeastern Jijel province are inspecting the aftermath of wildfires.
Published On 28 Aug 2026
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Twelve dead as over 150 wildfires rage across northeastern Algeria
More than 150 fires spread in a single day across several of Algeria’s provinces, killing at least 12 people.
Published On 27 Aug 2026
At least 12 dead, 54 injured as wildfires ravage northeastern Algeria
Six people in critical condition as a severe heatwave fuels 154 wildfires across Algeria in a single day.
Brighton & Hove Albion sign Algerian left-back Jaouen Hadjam
The 23-year-old joins from Swiss champions Young Boys on a five-year deal, making him the third Algerian in the league.
Algeria’s schools put Shakespeare before Molière in break from France
Algerian primary schools will begin teaching English before French for the first time, signalling a drift from France.
![New road signs in Boufarik bear Arabic and English — but no French. The municipality replaced French-language signage in March 2025, a quiet but pointed act of linguistic reclamation in a town once so thoroughly colonised it was nicknamed "Little Paris" by French settlers who arrived in 1830 [Madjid Serrah/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Image-1-1787403049.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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