(France 24: 0910 PST, March 8, 2011) In Algeria, the authorities are managing to keep a lid on social unrest for now, despite uprisings in neighboring countries. Yet strikes, sit-ins, and attempted protest marches are organized regularly, with young people, who make up the majority of the population, taking center stage. Among their demands: jobs, housing, higher salaries, and political reform.

(Associated Press: 1000 PST, February 20, 2011) Libyan forces fired machine-guns at mourners marching in a funeral for anti-government protesters in Benghazi. The crackdown is shaping up to be the most brutal repression of protests that began with uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.

Meanwhile, police thwarted a protest rally in neighboring Algeria, demonstrations have taken place in Morocco, and anti-government protests continue in Bahrain and Yemen

(France 24: 1000 PST, February 14, 2011) Minor clashes erupted in two villages in the Persian Gulf kingdom of Bahrain Monday after security forces clamped down on Shi'ite-led anti-government protests inspired by recent popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia.

(France 24: 1000 PST, February 14, 2011) In Algeria, there have been calls for new protests after weekend unrest. In the capital Algiers, riot police scuffled with anti-government protesters who were defying a ban on demonstrations, inspired by recent historic events in Tunisia and Egypt.

(Al Jazeera English: 1430 PST, February 12, 2011) About ten thousand people joined an anti-government demonstration in Algiers, the Algerian capital. Police officers attempted to pin the demonstrators into a square, in an effort to separate them from pro-government supporters.