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A toxic dependency: Algeria’s love-hate relationship with its oil

March 12, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

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 »

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Algeria buries first president Ben Bella

April 13, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

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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