Comment: Europe's 'externalisation' policies have essentially pushed its borders deep into Africa, write Tara Ansari Esfahani and Mohammed Harun Arsalai.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has returned to Germany for treatment of post-Covid-19 complications in his foot.
Former Algerian premier Ahmed Ouyahia received gold bars from Gulf donors then sold them on the black market, the official APS news agency reported.
The new proceedings in the capital Algiers come after the supreme court in November accepted a defence appeal.
The US is set to open a consulate in the contested Western Sahara.
Three imprisoned Algerian activists were hospitalised following their hunger strike protesting their detention.
Another Algerian has been jailed as Tebboune's government continues its crackdown on free speech.
A clash between jihadists and Algerian soldiers left two troops dead on Saturday, authorities said.
The once-mighty presidential aide was long seen as the real power running the North African country after his brother suffered a debilitating stroke in 2013.
The bodies of the three men and four women had started decomposing and their identities were not immediately clear.