🇩🇿 Algeria

Sanctioned entity: ABDELHALIM HAFED ABDELFATTAH REMADNA. Aliases: Abdelhalim Remadna, Jalloul. Program: Al-Qaida.

The World Health Organization declared an international health emergency following outbreaks of a rare Ebola virus strain in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, with at least 131 deaths and over 513 suspected cases recorded. The outbreak lacks effective treatment and vaccine options for this strain, triggering rapid response measures across Africa, the Middle East, and beyond—including border screening intensification by Rwanda, Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria, Jordan, and Bahrain, with the U.S. State Department advising against travel to affected regions.

‘Systemic discrimination’: Veiled women in France face mounting barriers to employment Submitted by Tassa Adidi on Sun, 06/21/2026 - 11:01 From classrooms to hospital wards and independent practice, the hijab ban is curbing Muslim women’s professional paths Nurse Majdouline, dismissed for wearing a scrubcap at work, speaks to journalists in front of the administrative court in Paris on 23 December 2025 (Bertrand Guay/AFP) Off Are you better protected against Islamophobia in France when, along with your veil, you wear a lawyer's robe, a nurse's coat or have the status of a journalist or a teacher? For Slim Ben Achour, a lawyer at the Paris Court of Appeal, the answer is no. “Women with higher levels of education are more visible and therefore more victims of racism,” he told Middle East Eye.

World Cup 2026: Why Sahrawis are rallying behind Algeria and not Morocco Submitted by Habibulah Mohamed Lamin on Fri, 06/19/2026 - 09:15 Support for Algeria is rooted in almost five decades of refuge and a shared political struggle Sahrawi children play football in the Smara refugee camp in Algeria's Tindouf province in February 2016 (Farouk Batiche/AFP) Off Dust hangs in the desert air like smoke, swirling above a football pitch carved from hardened earth.  It's late afternoon, and despite the heat not easing, a group of young men and teenage boys have gathered to play their weekly football match. Each time one of the players runs to get the ball, an orange cloud rises into the air. On this makeshift football pitch at the Smara refugee camp in southwestern Algeria , love for the beautiful game runs deep.