A United Nations office was the target of one of two car bombs that killed at least 45 people in Algiers today.

A bomb attack killed 20 people in an eastern Algeria town, but missed its possible target – visiting President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.

At least 16 people were killed and more than 74 injured by a bomb that ripped through a crowd waiting for the Algerian president to arrive in an eastern town.

Twelve people were killed and at least 37 injured in Algeria today when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle of a crowd awaiting a visit by the country’s president, security officials said.