| 5,461,394 |
36.71183 |
4.04591 |
Algeria |
|
6 prisoners have stopped their 41 day hunger strike in protest of their own detention along with 50 other delegates. |
| 5,461,397 |
36.7686 |
8.3167 |
Algeria |
|
Riots in El Chatt, 40km west of El Tarf, started after the areas drinking water was cut off. Rioters blocked the city roads and proceeded to loot and burn several political establishments. |
| 5,461,400 |
36.0369 |
6.5758 |
Algeria |
|
A major cold wave and lack of electricity, gas, and drinking water have led residents of Ain M'lila to block major highways until their demands are met. |
| 5,461,405 |
36.74472 |
4.37222 |
Algeria |
|
A sit in in support of the Berber citizens turned violent. Policed used tear gas and force to break up the sit in. Numbers of injured and arrested is unknown but suspected to be large. |
| 5,461,409 |
36.33587 |
4.2622 |
Algeria |
|
Eight armed Islamists were killed in recent days in the mountains Djurdjuran (Kabylie east of Algiers) during a sweep of the army including six soldiers are missing, newspapers reported Thursday. The sweep targeted villages Ahnif and Semmache. In addition, six soldiers are, for the moment, missing after failing to re-join their unit. |
| 5,461,413 |
36.34992 |
4.15605 |
Algeria |
|
Eight armed Islamists were killed in recent days in the mountains Djurdjuran (Kabylie east of Algiers) during a sweep of the army including six soldiers are missing, newspapers reported Thursday. The sweep targeted villages Ahnif and Semmache. In addition, six soldiers are, for the moment, missing after failing to re-join their unit. |
| 5,461,416 |
35.5553 |
6.1786 |
Algeria |
|
A major cold wave and lack of gas has led residents of Boumeguer to block major highways until they have the fuel they need. |
| 5,461,421 |
36.72328 |
3.61807 |
Algeria |
|
Mayor of Si Mustapha, in the Boumerdes region, was killed by a barrage of gunfire Thursday night as he returned home, according to APS. The mayor, father of five, was transferred to an Algiers hospital where he died of his wounds. No one claimed responsibility for the killing. |
| 5,461,425 |
36.85583 |
3.85667 |
Algeria |
|
A leader of Algeria's largest hardline Islamic insurgents, the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), has been killed by security forces outside Algiers. Lounis Mohamed, better known as Youcef Abou El Bassir, was killed Saturday in Sidi Daoud forest near Boumerdes. |
| 5,461,429 |
35.5553 |
6.1786 |
Algeria |
|
In a separate attack, two armed Islamic radicals were killed in the Batna region, 430 kilometers (260 miles) southeast of Algiers, where the army has been hunting down the perpetrators of a deadly attack against an elite unit of paratroopers early this month. |
