ALGIERS( Reuters)-Algeria has detained 30 people, including seven members of a separatist group

village in the Tizi Ouzou region, east of Algiers, Algeria on Aug.... 10, 2021. ABDELAZIZ BOUMZAR

ALGIERS: Algeria on Wednesday blamed devastating wildfires this month on two groups it recently

wildfires in this mountainous region, on Aug.10, 2021.... President Abdelmadjid Tebboune tweeted that the

By Reuters Staff2 Min ReadALGIERS( Reuters)-Algeria on Wednesday blamed devastating wildfires this

had started several wildfires in the Kabyle region of Algeria. The fires started in the mountainous

Morocco regards the disputed territory as its own.... Algeria backs the Polisario independence

The Defence Ministry said more soldiers had been badly injured with burns. Several houses were burnt as families were escaping to hotels, youth hostels and university residences, witnesses said, adding that a dense smoke hampered the visibility of fire crews.“ We had a horror night.... He vowed to compensate those affected. Smaller fires have ravaged forests in at least 16 provinces of the North African country since Monday night..... Additional reporting by Abdelaziz Boumzar; Editing by Chizu

A firefighting airplane flies above clouds of smoke from a wildfire near houses outside Lisbon

By Reuters Staff2 Min ReadALGIERS/ CAIRO( Reuters)-Algeria’s supreme security council decided on