Articles tagged with: algeria
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Friday, 17 May, 2013
The two most populous Arab states after Egypt, Algeria and Iraq have been without a president: Algeria for a few weeks, and Iraq a few months. The two countries rank among the richest in terms of natural resources, and both have the Arab world's bloodiest recent past.
Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika is said to have been in poor health since 2005. Rumors about his death are frequent on Twitter. He has been taken abroad on many occasions to receive medical treatment, but last month ...
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Tuesday, 26 Mar, 2013
CASABLANCA, Asharq Al-Awsat—Morocco has increased the security on its borders with Algeria and Mali in anticipation of jihadists fleeing northern Mali as a result of French and African military intervention there.
In recent weeks, Algerian authorities have arrested a number of individuals suspected of helping fighters escape Mali and enter Algerian territories illegally.
An informed source told Asharq Al-Awsat that Moroccan security agencies investigated a group of individuals affili...
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Friday, 22 Feb, 2013
Recently, the world was surprised by yet another nasty consequence of the Arab Spring: instability in the Sahel. The price for overnight regime change was chaos. Gaddafi’s former...
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Tuesday, 12 Feb, 2013
Since the March 2012 military coup that toppled former president Amadou Toumani Touré, Mali has been in the throes of its worst political crisis. The West African country, which o...
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Tuesday, 5 Feb, 2013
It all seemed to happen so quickly. On January 10, an alliance of Islamist militants captured the Malian town of Konna, 600km northeast of the capital, Bamako. The takeover by ...
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Monday, 21 Jan, 2013
A raid by the Algerian army on Saturday ended the four-day hostage crisis wherein a total of at least eighty people are said to have died. On Sunday, an Algerian security sourc...
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Saturday, 15 Dec, 2012
As Algeria celebrates fifty years of independence, a group of Muslims and Jews from Algeria is rebuilding a world of music and tradition that not so long ago inspired the peopl...
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Thursday, 18 Oct, 2012
Algeria celebrates 50 years of independence this year. To mark this occasion, RICHMIX is hosting a full-day Algerian cultural festival on Saturday 20 October, from noon until 1...
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Tuesday, 16 Oct, 2012
The Repentant is an Algerian film directed by Merzak Allouache (Bab El Oued City). It addresses the legacy of Algeria’s civil war and the intractability and tenacity of viole...
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Monday, 20 Aug, 2012
Putumayo World Music, established in 1993 is known for its collection of diverse world music, thematically and geographically organized. Its selections are often surp...
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