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After more than a decade of low-level hostilities and sour relations, there are signs Eritrea and Ethiopia could be ready to talk again. BY SALIH NUR On the road from Keren, Eritrea. Photograph by Carsten ten Brink It has been over … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Algiers, Algiers Agreement, Badme, Boundary Commission, Eritrea, Eritrea-Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki
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This year’s 41st anniversary, celebrated two weeks ago, has been marked in particularly gloomy fashion. Reports have recently emerged floating the prospect of oil reserves drying up and arguing that new discoveries are failing to keep pace with production. This … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Article, North Africa
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Tagged Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algeria, Algerian, Algiers, Associated Press, Canada, Houari Boumediene, IndepthAfrica, Sonatrach
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A cultural policy is a public policy designed by the state to protect, promote and guide the cultural foundations of the nation. It is a logical component of the general policy on which it depends. Cultural activities (fine arts, painting, … read more »
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Algiers – Algeria’s legislative election saw women take almost a third of the seats, making the national assembly the most gender-balanced in the region but activists say the battle is far from being won. According to a provisional count, at … read more »
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ALGIERS, Algeria — North Africa’s branch of al-Qaida has issued a list of 58 operations carried out in Algeria over four months that it says killed dozens. The announcement has appeared on online extremist forums and details 58 operations between … read more »
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Algiers – Algeria buried its first post-independence president Ahmed Ben Bella, hailed as an anti-colonial hero and the father of the nation, in a sombre and rain-drenched ceremony on Friday. Ben Bella, who died on Wednesday, at age 95, following … read more »
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Tagged Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Ahmed Ben Bella, Algeria, Algiers, Ben Bella, Houari Boumediene, IndepthAfrica, Moncef Marzouki, Morocco
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Algiers – Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki said on Sunday he hoped the bloodshed in Syria could be stopped under a similar scenario to the one which saw Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh relinquish power. “I hope we will find a … read more »
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Tagged Algiers, Ali Abdullah Saleh, Bashar Al-Assad, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Middle East, Moncef Marzouki, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen
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Algerian security forces used water cannon and tear gas on Tuesday to disperse rioting residents in a suburb of the capital who accused the authorities of failing to investigate properly the fatal stabbing of a local man. Riots have become … read more »
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Tagged Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algeria, Algiers, Arab Spring, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Morocco, Reuters, Tuesday
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Algiers – An Algerian regional governor who officials said was kidnapped and then freed in neighbouring Libya was handed over to the Algerian authorities on Wednesday, the speaker of Algeria’s parliament said. The circumstances surrounding the abduction remain unclear, but … read more »
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December 29, 2011 by benim
Algeria’s leaders are out of touch with their people who are growing increasingly angry about unemployment, red tape and poor housing, said a senior official carrying out a presidential review of the country’s economic and social woes. “Demands for radical … read more »
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Tagged Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algeria, Algiers, CNES, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Libya, OPEC, Tunisia
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Cameroon banned skipper Samuel Eto’o for 15 matches on Friday and vice-captain Eyong Enoh for two games after they persuaded team mates not to travel to Algeria for a friendly last month. “Samuel Eto’o, in his role as captain, incited … read more »
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Tagged Africa Cup of Nations, African Footballer of the Year, Algeria, Algiers, Cameroon, Cameroon national football team, Eyong Enoh, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Samuel Eto'o
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November 15, 2011 by benim
Algiers – Algerian authorities have arrested nine people, including eight Air Algerie stewards, as part of an operation against an international drug trafficking ring, newspapers reported Tuesday. The El-Watan daily said the police investigation was launched when a steward from … read more »
October 12, 2011 by benim
Algiers – The Algerian capital, congested with cars and buses, is finally getting an underground subway system – three decades after the first tunnel was dug. The single 9.5km line will start operating on Nov 1 – the anniversary of … read more »
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Algiers – Algerian police on Wednesday briefly detained 17 people as they prepared to hold a rally commemorating bloody pro-democracy protests of 1988, organisers said. As organisers began arriving near the Mahieddine Bachtarzi National Theatre in the capital Algiers for … read more »
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September 26, 2011 by benim
Algiers – A rocket-propelled grenade attack targeted the airport at Jijel, 350 kilometres east of Algiers at the weekend, but caused no casualties or damage, media reports said Monday. Senior officials met at Jijel on Sunday following the attack and … read more »
September 15, 2011 by benim
Algiers – A mob of around 100 youths tried to set fire to two private dailies’ printing plant in Algiers, the papers’ managers said on Thursday. The mob, armed with molotov cocktails, tried to storm the printing plants of the … read more »
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September 7, 2011 by benim
Algiers – Several Algerian sailors held hostage by Somali pirates since their capture in January are critically ill, with no food or water, their families said Wednesday after speaking to the captives. The 17 seamen were among the 27 crew … read more »
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Moamer Kadhafi’s daughter gave birth to a baby girl in Algeria Tuesday as Algiers said it decided to grant safe haven to the wife and three chidren of the ousted Libyan leader for “strictly humanitarian reasons”. Aisha gave birth very … read more »
Britain stepped up the hunt for Colonel Gaddafi yesterday as mystery continued to surround his whereabouts. RAF spy planes, crack SAS troops and MI6 intelligence experts all joined the search for the tyrant amid rumours that he had fled Libya. … read more »
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Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb said Sunday it had carried out a twin suicide attack on an Algerian military academy that killed 18 people including officers in training from Syria and Tunisia. A statement emailed to AFP in Morocco said … read more »
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A convoy of six armoured cars that could be carrying high Libyan officials, even fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi, crossed from Libya into Algeria on Friday, the official Egyptian news agency reported quoting a Libyan rebel source. The report could not … read more »
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Algiers – Eighteen people were killed and dozens wounded late Friday in a suicide bombing at the Cherchell military academy west of Algiers, a hospital source said. Eight of those wounded in the attack, the first against the academy since … read more »
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Algiers – Two Algerian soldiers have been killed and at least eight others injured in a bomb attack on their convoy, press reports said on Monday. The attack with a remote-controlled improvised explosive device happened on Sunday in Tihammamet, 370km … read more »
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Al Qaeda in North Africa has claimed responsibility for suicide bombs in Algeria at the weekend that a security source said had killed at least two people, the SITE online monitoring service said on Tuesday. It said al Qaeda in … read more »
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The trial began Monday of two men accused of killing popular Algerian singer Lounes Matoub but had to be twice suspended as his family interrupted to insist the suspects were innocent. Matoub, who was known for upholding Berber culture and … read more »
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Algiers – At least two people were killed and 15 wounded in a suicide bomb attack by Islamist extremists in Algeria on Saturday, the El Watan newspaper reported on its website. One of the attackers blew himself up in a … read more »
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A strike over pay by Air Algerie cabin crew severely disrupted traffic at Algiers international airport Tuesday and left hundreds of passengers stranded in French airports. Algerian state radio quoted the airline’s chief, Mohamed Salah Boultif, as saying that the … read more »
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A policeman was killed and another wounded during a clash with armed men in the Kabylie region east of Algiers on Monday, officials said. They said armed men targeted a policeman directing traffic in the centre of Ain El Hammam, … read more »
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Algeria’s parliament on Wednesday approved a budget law covering a raft of subsidies aimed at defusing mounting public discontent over jobs and high prices, a local report said. An overwhelming majority of lawmakers voted in favour of the Complementary Financial … read more »
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Algerian security forces arrested 46 women suspected of prostitution in the popular seaside resort of Tichi and had them charged with “incitement to debauchery,” the daily Echourouk said Friday. The women were detained overnight Wednesday and appeared in court on … read more »
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