Tensions caused by poor housing and rising unemployment boiled over in the Algerian capital this week, triggering violent clashes between youths and riot police. Our correspondent in Algiers, Ahmed Tazir, sent us this report.
Clashes broke out again late Tuesday when demonstrators protesting poor housing conditions threw rocks at police in the Algerian capital of Algiers in a second day of violence.
Violence broke out when demonstrators protesting poor housing conditions clashed with the police in the Algerian capital of Algiers on Monday in a rare display of social discontent.
In this edition: Interpol releases arrest warrants for four officials wanted in connection with the kidnapping of politician Ben Barka back in the 1960s; press censorship in Morocco; a focus on Algeria's Socialist Forces Front.
In this edition: mounting questions this week abt the release of the Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Al Megrahi and the moroccan mule women, who transport merchandise back and forth between Morroco and the enclave of Céuta.
In this edition: tensions continue after Al-Megrahi's liberation; the 40th anniversary of Gaddafi's rise to power in Libya; Ramadan in Algeria; the upcoming presidential election in Tunisia; a crucial livelihood dries up in Morocco.
In this edition: the freed Lockerbie bomber Al-Megrahi arrives to a hero's welcome in Tripoli; a suicide bombing hits the French embassy in Mauritania; Algerians are concerned that Ramadan has cut this year's tourist season short.
The Moroccan government pulls two popular magazines, a one-time undercover agent for the French police has been released and clashes this week between Chinese immigrants and local shopkeepers in Algeria's capital.
The Chinese embassy in Algiers has spoken of an "isolated incident" a day after clashes erupted between Chinese and local traders in the neighbourhood of Bab Ezzouar, in the Algerian capital, underscoring tensions between communities.
French philosopher Francis Jeanson, known for his controversial involvement with National Liberation Front militants during the Algerian War of Independence, died aged 87 on Saturday near Bordeaux, his family said.
