Tizi Ouzou, Algeria News

A military official says two members of the Algerian coastguard were killed when a remote-controlled bomb detonated near their barracks.

Algiers - Algeria's traditional bars are closing one after the other but illegal outlets are mushrooming, in a prohibition-style game of cat-and-mouse played out with an increasingly Islamic state.

It was a homecoming. After boycotting all national elections for more than a decade, Algerias oldest opposition party was back on the campaign trail in its heartland.

It was a homecoming. After boycotting all national elections for more than a decade, Algeria's oldest opposition party was back on the campaign trail in its heartland.