Hamid Ould Ahmed

The missing Air Algerie plane has been confirmed by Algerian officials to have crashed en route to its destination.

Residents of the rebel-held Libyan city of Misrata said government shells and snipers killed nine people on Saturday.

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika won 90,24% of the vote in a presidential election, cementing his hold on the oil producer.

Two bombs exploded on Sunday at a railway station east of Algiers, killing 12 people including a French engineer.

Algerians worried by an outbreak of political violence choose a new Parliament on Thursday, but many doubt whether the politically weak institution can do much to stabilise the…