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ALGIERS — Algerian cinema is in search of a revival, decades after its 1970s heyday and steep decline, with authorities having blown hot and cold in their support.Today, the country counts only a few dozen theatres against a backdrop of legal, bureaucratic and financial restraints.“Algerian cinema is rich in its talents and poor in its means,” said producer and film critic

Algerian cinema is in search of a revival, decades after its 1970s heyday and steep decline, with authorities having blown hot and cold in their support.Today, the country counts only a few dozen theatres against a backdrop of legal, bureaucratic and financial restraints."Algerian cinema is rich in its talents and poor in its means," said producer and film critic Ahmed Bedjaoui. "We need to give a little more freedom to filmmakers."During the 1960s and 70s, the north African ...

Algerian cinema is in search of a revival, decades after its 1970s heyday and steep decline, with authorities having blown hot and cold in their support. Today, the country counts only a few dozen theatres against a backdrop of legal, bureaucratic and financial restraints. ..

Best Friend Forever has acquired international rights to Dania Reymond-Boughenou’s supernatural film 'Silent Storms' set in a fictional Arab city.

An Algerian general and defense minister, Khaled Nezzar was part of a ruling junta in the 1990s that escalated an iron-fisted campaign of repression and bloodshed against Islamist opponents that claimed at least 100,000 lives during an era called the "Black Decade."

A growing community in Algeria’s capital is taking up the daring urban sport, and forming strong bonds in the process.

Algeria could be extremely popular among British tourists in the next few years.

A former Algerian defence minister is to face trial in Switzerland for allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity over his participation in the Algerian civil war, which raged from 1991 to 2002. Khaled Nezzar, 85, served as Algeria's defence minister from 1990 to 1993 and was a member of

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Khaled Nezzar is to be tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity during 1991-2002 Algerian civil war