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POLITICSELEVATED1d ago · Aug 31, 2026, 1:20 PM

Algeria moves to restore death penalty for deliberate forest fires

Africanews [en] · north africa

Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has ordered the introduction of the death penalty for deliberately setting forest fires after a recent wave of blazes killed 12 people. The move comes as authorities investigate fires that erupted across several eastern provinces.

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