Is Algeria next?

The Guardian reports that 400 were arrested yesterday in anti-government protests in Algiers. Karima Bennoune provides a first-person account of the events. For more information about the evolving situation in Algeria, we recommend following @EyesOnAlgeria and the hashtags #algeria and #feb12. Al Jazeera English has also posted an aggregation page, here.

Meanwhile, thousands rally in Yemen’s capital for President Selah to step down.