President Droupadi Murmu arrived in Algiers, Algeria on October 13 the first leg of her three-nation visit. This is the first visit by an Indian President to Algeria. At the airport, the President was received by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune of Algeria, as a special gesture.
The wildfires spread across 16 regions of Algeria due to high winds, creating 97 blazes in different parts of the African nation.
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune tweeted that the soldiers were “martyrs” who saved 100 people from the fires in two areas of Kabyle, the region that is home to the North African nation’s Berber population.
A military plane crashed in Algeria's Oum El Bouaghi province in the wee hours of Tuesday. As per reports the plane was a SU-30 bomber of the 121st Fighter Squadron of the Algerian Air Force. Two pilots on board have been confirmed dead. The crash site is located 500 km from national capital Algiers.
"Mosquito repellent is a primary cause of the fire," Algerian Health Minister Mohamed Miraoui was quoted as saying by Ennahar TV channel.
Algeria was captained by Riyad Mahrez, who added an African Cup title to his English Premier League title with Manchester City.
Algeria has abandoned more than 13,000 people in the past 14 months, including pregnant women and children, stranding them without food or water and forcing them to walk, under temperatures of up to 48 degrees Celsius.
The Iliouchine-type plane had crashed in the agricultural fields moments after the take-off from Boufarik airport near the capital Algiers.
Snow has fallen in the Sahara, covering desert dunes in a layer up to 16 inches deep.
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