Mohamed Kaouche

Al­ge­ri­ans are hold­ing their breath as their coun­try meets Rus­sia on Thurs­day night for a chance at his­to­ry.

Vi­o­lence has bro­ken out and old ri­val­ries rekin­dled in the his­toric Al­ger­ian city of Gharda­ia.

A grow­ing num­ber of sub-Sa­ha­ran Africans are us­ing Al­ge­ria as a stop­ping point on their way to Eu­rope.