Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has said he wants to reinstate the death penalty for arsonists, following a wave of forest fires that have killed at least 12 people. The president ordered the justice ministry to introduce changes to the criminal law introducing capital punishment for arsonists. Capital punishment remains in the country’s penal code for
At least 12 people have been killed and dozens injured as wildfires burn through large swathes of northern Algeria. Civil protection authorities said dozens of blazes swept through several provinces along the country’s northern coastline. At least 54 people had suffered burn injuries, with at least six of them being treated in intensive care, Interior
Algeria is experiencing an intense summer heat wave and firefighters are also battling several forest fires in the north of the country. The news of the orphanage fire has shocked and outraged many. “May God have mercy on them,” the civil defense unit said., external as the death toll was announced Thursday, several hours after
Eleven people died in a fire at a shelter in Algiers, the capital of Algeria. The country’s civil protection department said another 19 people were injured in the fire, which firefighters began fighting at 3:30 a.m. local time (04:30 GMT) on Thursday. They were still trying to extinguish the fire a little more than three