Ivory Coast has got its Africa Cup of Nations title defense off to a winning start and France great Zinedine Zidane has watched his goalkeeper son’s safe hands as Algeria also started its campaign with a win.

The two opposition candidates who ran in Algeria’s election are challenging the result and calling into question President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's landslide victory.

Algerians have voted in an election to decide whether army-backed President Abdelmadjid Tebboune gets another term in office — five years after pro-democracy protests prompted the military to oust the previous president after two decades in power.

An outpouring of fans greeted Algerian boxer Imane upon arrival back in her hometown on Friday and at a parade in Tiaret, the nearby regional capital.

Olympic boxer Imane Khelif has become a hometown hero in Algeria, a conservative, Muslim-majority country where attacks on her gender have been interpreted as attacks on the nation.

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.

French lawmakers have condemned an infamous 1961 police crackdown on Algerian protesters in Paris as a “bloody and murderous repression."

Algeria has inaugurated a gigantic mosque on its Mediterranean coastline after years of political upheaval transformed the project from a symbol of state-sponsored strength and religiosity to one of delays and cost overruns.

In Algeria, people have long relied on foreign currencies to buy imported items in short supply or finance their children's educations abroad.

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has arrived Sunday in Algeria for a two-day visit as the two nations look to build up a strategic partnership and Italy works to further wean itself off Russian energy.

Algerian firefighters have extinguished all but one of over 50 wildfires that ravaged the country this week.

Algeria is celebrating 60 years of independence from France with nationwide ceremonies, a pardon of 14,000 prisoners and its first military parade in years.

An Algerian military officer-turned-democracy activist has been deported from Spain and charged in Algeria in a case that human rights groups see as another sign of an ever-expanding crackdown on dissent.

The parties of Algeria’s ruling majority dominated local and regional elections while Islamist parties saw their support diminish.

Algerians are voting Saturday to elect their mayors and regional leaders amid widespread worry and frustration over rising prices for basic goods.

Hundreds of people, including Algerian protesters and their descendants, are commemorating the 60th anniversary of a bloody police crackdown in Paris during the final year of Algeria’s independence war with its colonial power.

Algeria has refused permission for France to fly military planes in its airspace and announced the recall of its ambassador from Paris in the wake of what it said were “inadmissible” comments attributed to French President Emmanuel Macron.

A French government spokesperson says France plans to reduce the number of visas issued to people in North Africa because governments there are refusing to take back deported migrants.

French President Emmanuel Macron has apologized to Algerians who fought alongside French colonial forces in Algeria’s war for independence.

At least 25 Algerian soldiers have died saving residents from wildfires ravaging mountain forests and villages east of Algeria’s capital.

A moderate Islamist party has claimed victory Sunday in Algeria’s legislative election even though results were not expected for several more days.

Algerians voted for a new parliament in an election with a majority of novice independent candidates running under new rules meant to erase political corruption and open the way to a “new Algeria.”.

FILE - In this Jan.20, 2021 file photo French President Emmanuel Macron, right, gets a report from French historian Benjamin Stora as he receives the report on the memory of the colonization and the Algerian war at the Elysee Palace in Paris. It was a further step in Macron's efforts to reconcile France with its colonial past while offering an outstretched hand to Algeria, which France occupied for 132 years. Algeria held a special place among France’s colonial conquests, becoming part-and-parcel of France like other French regions. Ad“No crime, no atrocity committed by anyone during the War of Algeria can be excused or left hidden,” the Elysee statement said. Macron wants to honor Gisele Halimi, a French feminist who supported Algeria’s independence and denounced the use of wartime torture.

Algerians demonstrate in Algiers to mark the second anniversary of the Hirak movement, Monday Feb. 22, 2021. February 22 marks the second anniversary of Hirak, the popular movement that led to the fall of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The protesters of the Hirak movement helped force long-time President Abdelaziz Bouteflika from power in 2019. The president also dissolved parliament to pave the way for new elections, among the demands of the Hirak movement. The stream of activists, men, women and children, filled the capital's streets, recalling the height of the Hirak movement.

A woman receives the Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Blida, south of Algiers, Algeria, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. The vaccines were delivered to the Boufarik military airport west of Algiers, Minister Amar Belhimeur said in a statement. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum)ALGIERS – Algeria launched its coronavirus vaccination campaign Saturday in the city where the country's first COVID-19 case was confirmed in March. “All measures have been taken to ensure a good rollout of the vaccination campaign on the national territory,” Health Minister Abderrahmane Benbouzid said. Algeria received its first shipment of the Russian vaccine Friday at the Boufarik military airport, west of Algiers.

FILE - In this Thursday, May 4, 2017 file photo, Said Bouteflika, the brother of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, takes ballots before voting in Algiers. A military appeal court in Algeria on Saturday has cleared the brother of the country's longtime former leader, two ex-intelligence chiefs and the leader of a leftist political party who had all been accused of plotting against the state. Among the four defendants was Said Bouteflika, the brother and once-powerful special counsellor of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who forced to resign from office in April 2019 amid growing peaceful street protests. Khaled Berghel, the lawyer for Said Bouteflika, told the official APS news agency that the Blida military appeal court decided to clear the four defendants. Saturday’s ruling comes after the Supreme Court decided in November to quash the previous verdict and retry the case.

A man prepares to vote at a polling station during a vote for a revised constitution, in Algiers, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. Algerians are voting on whether to approve a revised constitution that imposes term limits and aims at answering demands from pro-democracy protesters who pushed out the president last year. Pro-democracy activists say the revised charter doesn’t go far enough to open up politics to a new generation of leaders. Meanwhile, the man who pushed for the referendum, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, is hospitalized in Germany after several people in his administration showed symptoms of the virus. Nearly 1 million Algerian voters abroad were allowed to start voting Saturday.