A court in Algiers said Monday that three rejected presidential candidates were placed under "judicial supervision" while another 68 people, including elected officials, were temporarily detained as part of an investigation into electoral fraud, this according to reporting by AFP.
They are suspected of being involved in "signature sales" for the upcoming
presidential election set for September 7. Candidates are required to gather
large numbers of them to be eligible to stand.
Algeria's Foreign Ministry summoned the French ambassador, Stephane Romatet, on Tuesday to protest the "provocative" and
Egypt said Tuesday that President Sisi did not speak by phone with Donald Trump at the weekend, after the US
Lawmakers from both chambers of the North African nation’s parliament on Monday condemned the European governing body for a
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has spoken by phone with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, reaffirming the “strong
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