Thousands of Berbers marched in Algeria's Kabylia region to oppose a constitutional revision they say fails to respect their language rights, and assert their right to independence.
Some 500 Berber activists from Algeria's Kabylia region gathered at the UN headquarters to symbolically raise the flag of their homeland.
The deadly hotel siege in Mali's capital was apparently ordered by Algerian militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar—who was twice reported killed in military operations over the past two years.
Former Guantánamo prisoner Djamel Ameziane filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights seeking reparations from the US for human rights violations.
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and related networks are said to control Saharan smuggling routes for Moroccan hashish to fund their regional operations.
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika issued emergency measures to combat the ethnic-driven civil unrest in the southern city of Ghardaia, which has pitted Arabs against Berbers.
Eight are dead in anti-Charlie Hebdo protests in Niger, with street clashes also reported from Algeria and Pakistan. In Afghanistan, a cleric praised the attackers as "true mujahedeen."
A new armed group calling itself the "Soldiers of the Caliphate in Algeria" has split from al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and sworn loyalty to ISIS.
France expands military operations across the Sahel to chase down jihadist insurgents, as Mali opens peace talks with Tuareg separatists that have seized much of the country.
Gunmen killed at least 20 Egyptian troops on the Libyan border—amid reports that President Sisi is backing rogue military operations against Islamists in Benghazi.
The Berber "provisional government" in the eastern mountains of Kabylie has joined calls by Algeria's opposition for a boycott of this week's presidential election.
The US transfered Guantánamo detainee Ahmed Belbacha to Algeria, where he has been tried in absentia and convicted of belonging to a "terrorist organization."
