ALGERIA: Former police chief Major General Abdelghani Hamel was jailed yesterday for 15 years for corruption and “illicit enrichment.”

His wife, daughter and two sons also received sentences of between two and 10 years, along with fines, after they were convicted of enriching themselves with public funds by “signing contracts illegally and falsification of public documents.”

Algeria remains in political deadlock almost a year after the toppling of president Abdelaziz Bouteflika.