Hundreds of youths clash with security forces during protests in the northern Algerian town of Akbou, as police reportedly use tear gas and batons.

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Algeria town hit by new clashes

Wary of Mubarak’s fate, the Algerian government is cracking down on protesters, sending out thousands of police and blocking Facebook and Twitter. Nevertheless, 10,000 Algerians reportedly took to the streets Saturday demanding reform. Organizers say…

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Thousands Protest in Algeria

Police officers moved into place in the Algerian capital as protesters planned anti-government rallies Saturday to push for reforms in the north African nation.

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Police, protesters clash in Algeria

Thousands of riot police are deployed in the centre of the Algerian capital, Algiers, ahead of a planned anti-government protest.

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Algeria forces prepare for rally

An Italian female tourist is abducted while travelling in the Algerian Sahara, local media and security sources say.

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Italian tourist seized in Algeria

The president of Algeria plans to soon lift a state of emergency that has been in effect for nearly 20 years, the Algerian Press Service reported Thursday.

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Algeria to lift state of emergency

Fresh rioting breaks out in the Algerian capital and several other cities, after days of unrest over food price increases and unemployment.

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Fresh rioting in Algerian capital

Charles Johnson on a possible unintended victim of the Wikileaks dump , an Algerian reporter whose life could now be in danger. The idea of leaking, of course, doesn’t bother me that much — how could it? But the word “leak” implies a slow drip; this sort of massive Wikileaks dump is the Johnstown flood.

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A Wikileaks Victim

Fulham sign Benfica’s Algerian international defender Rafik Halliche for an undisclosed fee.

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Fulham snap up defender Halliche