El Khabar

El Khabar logo.
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	tabloid
Owner	El Khabar
Editor	Ali Djeri
Founded	1990
Political alignment	Centre-left
Language	Arabic
Headquarters	Algiers
Circulation	500,000 (May 2006 - May 2007)
Official website	[1]

Elkhabar (in Arabic جريدة الخبر The News) is a daily newspaper in Algeria published seven days a week in the tabloid format. It's one of the most widely read Algerian newspapers.

El Khabar's web service^[1] publishes selected news in Arabic and French, with a minor section in English, though often poorly translated.

Contents 1 History 2 Political views and controversies 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

After the fall of Algeria's one-party system in 1988, which had until then tightly controlled the press a group of young journalist issued the first edition on 1 November 1990.

[edit] Political views and controversies

The paper is independent and has no party affiliation. The paper's critical reporting has resulted in numerous run-ins with the Algerian government, which on a couple of occasions has sent reporters and editors to jail.^[2] El Khabar and its staff was also threatened and attacked by Islamist insurgents during Algeria's long and vicious civil war, which began in 1992.

[edit] See also

List of Algerian newspapers

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.elkhabar.com
2. ^ Reporters sans frontières - Algeria

[edit] External links

• The Official website.
• The English edition.

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