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There is another election the world should be paying attention to this week – in Algeria
Sabra and Chatila taught me all massacres become 'alleged massacres' if we don't pay attention

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US grovels to Israel the same way ‘supporters’ fawned on Saddam
Don’t believe the hype, Isis has not yet been defeated – here’s why
Ardern’s response to Christchurch has put other leaders to shame – but not for its compassion alone
Like power-hungry leaders before him, Abdelaziz Bouteflika can’t quite let go – and now Algeria is a necrocracy

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An apology from Francois Hollande won't absolve France of its responsibility for Arab Harkis

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To understand the Islamist beheading of a French priest, we must remember what happened 20 years earlier

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Pakistan university assault: A warning for Turkey as Islamists turn on their old allies in Peshawar
Is Algeria’s military making its move on ageing President Bouteflika?

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Why is Interpol doing the work of Arab despots?

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Another ‘sham’ election is over, so what now for Algeria?
The Middle East we must confront in the future will be a Mafiastan ruled by money

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'One day, you will all be lynched, dead, sick or alive'

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It took decades for truth to be revealed in Algeria. How long will it take Syria?
Slow going by UN in probe on murder of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri

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From Algeria, a lesson in how to bypass democracy

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Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the new face of al-Qa'ida (and why he's nothing like Osama bin Laden)

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Algeria, Mali, and why this week has looked like an obscene remake of earlier Western interventions
Ben Affleck, Argo and a chilling portrait of suspicion and vengeance in post-revolutionary Tehran

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It sounds like a replay of Algeria’s civil war. Don’t bet on a happy ending

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Algeria sends the West a message by taking in Gaddafi's brood

Egypt: Crocodile tears

Last night, Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak made a startling admission:

Mubarak told America's ABC News tonight: "I am fed up. After 62 years in public service I have had enough. I want to go." But he added he could not step down immediately for fear that the country would sink into chaos.

And to prove his point, he'd sent his thugs to Tahrir Square, where they had fought running battles with pro-democracy protestors, killing 10 and leaving over a thousand injured. But that's not "chaos"; it's business as usual under the dictatorship - and everyone knows it.

Mubarak is also appealing to his US masters by stoking fear of the Muslim Brotherhood and raising the spectre of Islamism. But Juan Cole points out that Egrypt in 2011 is not Iran in 1979; these protestors are secular, as is Egyptian society. Unmentioned is the fact that the Muslim Brotherhood, while banned, have pushed parliamentary democracy, not religious dictatorship. And that's not something anyone other than a dictator should fear.

Meanwhile, the protests are continuing to have an influence elsewhere. Yemen's dictator has announced he will stand down at the end of his term, and Algeria has announced that it will lift its permanent state of emergency. The dictators are afraid. And that is a Good Thing.

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Tombs that bear witness to Algeria's Jewish tragedy

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The forgotten martyrdom of Algeria's reporters

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The tragedy of Algeria's 'disappeared'

Deportation to Algeria is unsafe

That's the conclusion of the UK Court of Appeal, ruling on the cases of three Algerian men the British government wants to get rid of. While the court found that diplomatic assurances that deportees would not be tortured could generally be relied upon, it also found that there was strong evidence that the particular individuals concerned would face a real rsk of torture or degrading treatment, and so halted efforts to deport them.

The parallels with the Zaoui case should be obvious.

Zaoui on Algeria

Ahmed Zaoui responds to last night's bombings in Algeria. He certainly doesn't sound like an advocate for terrorism...