Algeria’s government and opposition are at loggerheads after authorities in Algiers stepped in at the last moment to stop a long-planned conference of an opposition umbrella group.
Feature: In Algeria, football empties the streets and raises the passions. But in some areas it also exposes some of the North African country's deeper fault lines.
The Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris have been condemned by Algeria, a nation with close links to its former colonial master, and its own history of outrages against journalists.
