| 5,469,213 |
36.62062 |
5.36718 |
Algeria |
|
Algerian security forces killed two radical Islamist insurgents on Wednesday in the same locality east of the capital where seven were killed a day earlier. |
| 5,469,216 |
31.96644 |
5.34205 |
Algeria |
|
A campaigner on behalf of unemployed people has been arrested and detained in Algeria, amid continuing repression of social and economic rights activists. |
| 5,469,220 |
31.96644 |
5.34205 |
Algeria |
|
Activits arrested in the southern town of Ouargla on 2 January, after police dispersed a reportedly peaceful protest that demanded jobs and the departure of local officials in charge of tackling unemployment. |
| 5,469,226 |
31.96644 |
5.34205 |
Algeria |
|
Eleven unemployed men were arrested this Monday, 7 January by the police after having blocked a national road, Tahar Belabes, from the National Committee for the Defence of the Rights of the Unemployed (CNDDC). |
| 5,469,230 |
36.08333 |
3 |
Algeria |
|
3 militants killed near southern border |
| 5,469,233 |
20.44083 |
1.8075 |
Algeria |
|
Algeria has closed its border with Mali, where an aerial assault by the French military is targeting armed Islamist groups occupying the north of the country. No details of location / post - estimation. |
| 5,469,238 |
28.04371 |
9.54112 |
Algeria |
|
Islamist gunmen killed two people and took 41 Western hostages Wednesday in Algeria in what they said was a revenge attack on the country for opening its airspace to French warplanes hitting Islamists in Mali. |
| 5,469,242 |
28.04371 |
9.54112 |
Algeria |
|
Algerian forces on Thursday reportedly mounted a military operation against the Islamists,killing several hostages and kidnappers, according to media reports. The Algerian helicopter attacks left 35 hostages and 15 captors dead. Algerian military secured part of teh hostage site in the battle. |
| 5,469,246 |
28.04371 |
9.54112 |
Algeria |
|
At least 20 foreign hostages escaped Thursday from Islamist militants who had taken over an Algerian natural gas complex in the Sahara desert, an Algerian security official reported. |
| 5,469,250 |
28.04371 |
9.54112 |
Algeria |
|
Four foreign hostages, including a U.S. national, were killed on Friday, the second day of the Algerian army's rescue operation at a gas facility in the southern province of Illizi. |
