Ring of fire encircles Mediterranean amid record breaking heatwave – video
At least nine Mediterranean countries affected by a string of wildfires amid a record-breaking heatwave that scientists have linked to the human-induced climate emergency
‘Like a blowtorch’: Mediterranean on fire as blazes spread across nine countries
‘There is no magical defence mechanism,’ says Greek prime minister as fires burn in northern Africa and southern Europe
Drone footage shows mountains in Algeria scorched by wildfires – video
Holidaymakers flee deadly wildfires in Algeria as flames reach beaches – video
Algeria wildfires kill dozens of people including 10 soldiers
May 2023
France to compensate thousands more relatives of Algerian Harki fighters
April Mediterranean heatwave ‘almost impossible’ without climate crisis
March 2023
Their Algeria review – sixtysomethings separate in meditation on immigrant family life
French Algerian documentary-maker Lina Soualem interviews her grandparents about their marriage and the 1950s immigrant experience in this touching film
January 2023
Daughter of Algerian journalist arrested on Christmas Eve calls for his release
Imprisonment of Ihsane el-Kadi, a longstanding government critic, prompted outcry from human rights groups
December 2022
France and Morocco resolve visa tensions after World Cup clash
French foreign minister Catherine Colonna said the countries had returned to ‘full consular cooperation’ on visit to Rabat
November 2022
49 people sentenced to death for mob killing in Algeria
The murder in 2021 came after a man was falsely accused of lighting deadly wildfires that he had come to help fight
August 2022
At least 38 people killed as ‘tornado of fire’ rages in northern Algeria
At least 26 killed and dozens injured by forest fires in northern Algeria
June 2022
Books interview
Faïza Guène: ‘People wanted me to say: Thank you, France’
The French-Algerian author on teenage fame, the parallels between her and Zinedine Zidane, and why she admires Bernardine Evaristo
May 2022
Mariner of the Mountains review – dreamily wonderful Algerian odyssey
Karim Aïnouz’s essay on his own family history takes him from Brazil to north Africa to discover his father’s country
April 2022
‘I live on crumbs’: why older Algerians are risking the small boats to Spain
Undocumented migrant fights to claim huge Belgian scratchcard win
January 2022
Macron meets Algerian-born French citizens with one eye on election
The Audio Long Read
From the archive: The brutal world of sheep fighting: the illegal sport beloved by Algeria’s ‘lost generation’ – podcast
October 2021
Macron statement on 1961 protest killings ‘falls short’, say critics
French historians had hoped for outright apology for police attacks on Algerians during peaceful protest
