The Augustinian nuns were about to enter a Catholic chapel in Algiers when they were gunned down. Pope Leo previously visited their community in 2009 when he was prior of the Order of St. Augustine.

The 19 Roman Catholic clergy to be beatified as martyrs in Algeria on Saturday were assassinated between 1994 and 1996 amid a brutal war between Islamic militants and government forces. Mostly French ...

Dr Mokhtar Ghambou, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco and Permanent Representative to UNEP & UN-Habitat. [Kennedy Mureithi, Standard] Morocco and Algeria have had frosty relations for more than 40 ...

Although Algeria’s land borders with Morocco have been closed since August 1994, the country continues to claim that drug trafficking from Morocco threatens its security. Algerian President ...