Community of women in Algiers sadly having nothing (8)
I believe the answer is:
seraglio
'community of women' is the definition.
(group of women living in an Ottoman palace)
'algiers sadly having nothing' is the wordplay.
'sadly' indicates an anagram.
'having nothing' becomes 'o' (I've seen this in other clues).
'algiers' is an anagram of 'seragli'.
'seragli'+'o'='SERAGLIO'
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for seraglio that I've seen before include "single-sex accommodation" , "Group of women" , "Collection of wives" , "A pound of sultanas" , "Gaoler is found in kind of harem" .)