Algerian protesters chant slogans during a demonstration in Algiers. Internet providers were shut down and Facebook accounts deleted across Algeria on Saturday as thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators were arrested in violent street demonstrations. Plastic bullets and tear gas were used to try and disperse large crowds in major cities and towns, with 30,000 riot police taking to the streets in Algiers... 

The riots sparked Saturday by the inhabitants of the city in Sidi Salem (Annaba, Algeria) Monday continued late into the evening. For the first time, rioters burned the Algerian national flag before marching with the French flag in hand before the elements of the riot squad sent in place force. Information confirmed by Mohamed Ghazi, the Wali of Annaba. Indeed, speaking at a meeting held Monday with...