Bevan, I second what Rich said in his post above. I worked in (southern) Algeria for some time up until about a year ago, there is just no way at all I would ever consider going north of Ouargla, or perhaps even north of Hassi Messaoud.
I'm not sure what kind of route you are planning, but you might want to consider taking a ferry to Tunisia, which is a nice, safe, civilized place, then entering southern Algeria from Tunisia.
Michael
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