Tebessa, Algeria News

January, 2011 Tunisia's Ben Ali ousted He was the first president to be ousted in the Arab Spring.

Algeria's Algerie Telecom plans to develop 228 kilometers of fiber-optic cables near Tebessa, a report said.

After death of Muhammed Bouazizi, aggrieved citizens set themselves on fire in Egypt, Algeria and Mauritania Cairo's Munira hospital, where a man who set himself alight outside the Egyptian capital's parliament is being treated.

Mohcin Bouterfif, the Algerian man who set himself alight Saturday in front of the town hall in Boukhadra, east of Tebessa, died Sunday afternoon from his injuries, he was 37 years old and a father.

A man has died after setting himself on fire at a government building in Algeria, state radio reported on Sunday, echoing the self-immolation that triggered the protests that toppled the leader of neighbouring Tunisia.