Algeria is Africa’s largest country but it only has 4.1 million hectares (10.1 million acres) of forest. Each year the north of the country is affected by forest fires, a problem that has ...

Fires have been sweeping North Africa on the border between Tunisia and Algeria At least 34 people have been killed and thousands evacuated after wildfires broke out across Algeria, the country's ...

In Algeria, more than 30 people have died, including 10 soldiers in the northern province of Bejaia, on the Mediterranean, officials said. Here is a selection of photographs from the wildfires.

Algeria is pushing ahead with a landmark project to have its first minerals map which is expected to trigger several new mining projects, an official has said. The map, which covers most of the North ...