In the run up to the 2008 Olympic Games, there was much speculation on how the Middle East and North Africa would fare. Although Turkey is the only Middle Eastern country to medal thus far (in ...

ALGIERS -- "The Taliban are among us!" The recent headline in one of Algeria's leading newspapers was designed to shock. It also spoke volumes about fears that an austere, conservative strain of Islam ...

Algerian linguist Lameen Souag is busy studying Siwi – and notes that they have 40 words used in baby talk. “So what special words do you use in your language when talking to babies?” he asks.

ALGIERS, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Algerian state-run energy group Sonatrach, Africa's biggest company by revenue, made $76 billion from oil and gas sales in 2008, the firm's chief executive said, up from ...

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Two-way trade between France and Algeria, France's biggest trade partner in Africa, is on course to reach 10 billion euros in 2008, a record high, Algeria's official APS news ...

As the occupation of Iraq began to unravel in 2003, the State Department and the Pentagon reportedly screened "The Battle of Algiers" for their employees. While this fictionalized, 40-year-old ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. A bomb attack in northern Algeria Tuesday killed at least two and ...