Abdelmadjid Tebboune

Algeria's flags fly Wednesday, April 16, 2025 in Algiers. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum, File)

As Europe celebrates the triumph of V-E Day, Algeria marks parallel legacy of colonial-era massacres

As Europe celebrates the 80th anniversary of its triumph over fascism and the end of World War II, Algeria is remembering a darker anniversary: the colonial-era massacres that unfolded on the same day.
 
Algerian author Boualem Sansal speaks during the 62 edition of International Film Festival Berlinale, in Berlin Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal sentenced to prison in Algeria as France calls for his release

 
Sheeps are for sale in a northern district of Algiers, Saturday June 8, 2024, ahead of the Eid al-Adha, or "Feast of Sacrifice," when Muslims around the world slaughter sheep and cattle in remembrance of Abraham's near-sacrifice of his son. (AP Photo/Anis Belghoul, File)

Drought-stricken Algeria plans to import 1 million sheep ahead of Islam’s Eid Al-Adha

 
FILE - Activists demonstrate outside the Algerian embassy to France to demand the release of release of Algerian journalist Ihsane El Kadi, in Paris, France, March 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Algeria pardons and releases journalist who became a key voice during 2019 pro-democracy protests

 
Algerian president and candidate for re-election Abdelmajid Tebboune speaks after casting his ballot inside a polling station during the presidential elections, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Algiers, Algeria. (AP Photo)

Algeria’s president sworn in for a second term after lopsided election

 

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3 dead, 81 injured after stand collapses at Algerian soccer match

 
Algeria's constitutional court, in the capital Agiers, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum)

Algerian court certifies Tebboune’s landslide reelection win

 
People walk past posters of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, after the presidential election results were announced, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in the capital Algiers. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum)

Algeria election results are being questioned by the opposition candidates and the president himself

 
People walk past posters of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, after the presidential elections results were announced and Tebboune being declared the winner of Algeria's election, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in the capital Algiers. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum)

Opposition candidates file court appeal questioning Algerian presidential election outcome

 
Algerian president and candidate for re-election Abdelmajid Tebboune speaks after casting his ballot inside a polling station during the presidential elections, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Algiers, Algeria. (AP Photo)

Algeria’s president joins opponents in claiming election irregularities after being named the winner

 

Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been named the winner of Algeria’s presidential election, granting him a second-term

 

Algeria’s 78-year-old president is expected to breeze to a second term in Saturday’s election

 

Polls close in Algeria, where voters are deciding whether to re-elect army-backed President Abdelmadjid Tebboune

 
Algerian president and candidate for re-election Abdelmajid Tebboune speaks after casting his ballot inside a polling station during the presidential elections, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Algiers, Algeria. (AP Photo)

Algeria’s 78-year-old president is expected to breeze to a second term in election

 
Algerian president and candidate for re-election Abdelmajid Tebboune delivers a speech as part of his campaign for the upcoming presidential election, in Djanet, Algeria, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo)

Algeria votes for president this weekend but with inflation and boycott, few appear to care

 
FILE - Youth play at the beach in a western part of Algiers, Monday, July 17, 2023. The young people who make up more than half of Algeria's population are so disenchanted that they may not vote in next month's presidential election. (AP Photo/Anis Belghou, File)

Algeria courts disenchanted youth as 78-year-old president vies for second term

 
FILE - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune sits during a working session on AI, Energy, Africa and Mideast, at the G7, on June 14, 2024, in Borgo Egnazia, near Bari, southern Italy. Eleven prominent Algerian opposition figures wrote an open letter this week, denouncing “the authoritarian climate” surrounding the country’s upcoming presidential election and calling for a broad democratic transition. Under the rule of military-backed President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, freedom of expression has witnessed a rollback, experts say, with journalists and opposition members facing prison time and critical media outlets losing state advertising funding they have relied on to stay afloat.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Prominent Algerian opposition figures blast ‘authoritarian climate’ ahead of presidential election

 
FILE - Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune delivers a speech during an inauguration ceremony in the presidential palace, in Algiers, Algeria, on Dec. 19, 2019. Algeria's president announced on Thursday July 11, 2024 that he intends to run for a second term in office, five years after ascending to power as the military and establishment-backed candidate amid widespread pro-democracy street protests. (AP Photo/Toufik Doudou, File)

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announces reelection campaign

 
FILE - Newspapers are seen on a table at a private television broadcaster in Algiers, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Algeria’s moves to restrict freedom of expression are showing few signs of slowing as September’s presidential elections near. Authorities last week arrested journalists in several separate instances, raiding a bookstore in a region known for dissent and protest and taking into detention two journalists who published a video showing women criticizing the government. (AP Photo/Anis Belghoul, File)

2 Algerian journalists arrested for publishing video showing businesswomen protesting

 
FILE - In this handout photo provided by Photo host Agency RIA Novosti, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune addresses a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 16, 2023. President Tebboune’s surprise decision to schedule elections earlier than expected in Algeria is prompting suspicion and appears to be awakening discouraged political parties from a deep lethargy.(Alexei Danichev/Photo host Agency RIA Novosti via AP, File)

Algerians question president for calling an early election without announcing his own campaign

 
FILE - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023 at U.N. headquarters. Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2023, dismissed the country's prime minister and replaced him with the head of his cabinet as the country struggles with inflation and next year's national elections approach. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Algerian president names a new prime minister ahead of elections next year

 

Algerian leader on a state visit to China to pump up economic ties and lock in support to join BRICS