Algerians vote in the presidential elections

Dogara tackles Buhari ahead of presidential elections.

As many as 39 people have been killed in election violence in Nigeria. The Situation Room, which represents more than 70 civil society groups - gave the death toll the day after elections in Nigeria, citing data from Lagos-based consultancy SBM Intelligence.

Social networks take centre stage in Algerian protests.

Governor El Rufai kicks against zoning ahead of 2023 presidential elections.

Algerians cast their votes at a polling station in Algiers in the presidential elections.

Residents of Algiers react to former prime minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune being sworn in as the new president of protest-hit Algeria, a week after winning a widely boycotted election.

Belarus is scheduled to hold presidential elections in August. As protests grow and unexpected candidates join the field, experts say President Alexander Lukashenko may be gearing up to use force.

In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune says there is an opportunity to achieve "appeased relations" with France. He believes that French President Emmanuel Macron is "honest" and "proper" with regard to the country’s colonial past, welcomes the return of Algerian resistance fighters' skulls and hopes for further gestures in this direction.

The sudden resignation of three ministers has revealed a deep split in interim President Jeanine Anez's administration. It is the latest crisis to rock her government before the country heads to the polls on October 18.

Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune dissolved the parliament and announced a government reshuffle in a highly anticipated address to the nation. The new elections are likely to take place by the end of the year.

Said Djabelkhir, an Algerian scholar on Islam, says he'll appeal his three-year jail sentence and keep fighting for "freedom" of reasoned thought.

In February 1960, France carried out its first nuclear test in the Algerian desert, codenamed "Blue Jerboa". Three more atmospheric tests and 13 underground tests followed, until 1966. The consequences for humans and the environment were disastrous. More than 60 years on, the after-effects are still visible and the victims of nuclear tests are struggling to be heard. FRANCE 24 reports from both sides of the Mediterranean: with former French conscripts who performed their military service in Algeria and are trying to receive compensation, and Algerians, who feel abandoned to their fate.