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PanAfrican Festival Opens in Algeria

Posted by News Desk on July 10, 2009
Filed in: Africa, Algeria, Arts & Entertainment, Feature, Positive Africa


8,000 dancers, singers and other artists are gathering with academics for symposiums, plays and writing seminars at the second Panafrican Festival in Algeria.

Algeria Opposition Slams Election

Posted by News Desk on January 16, 2009
Filed in: News Snips, Politics & Policy

One of Algeria’s leading opposition parties has pulled out of April’s forthcoming presidential election. The secular Rally for Culture and Democracy party said it would not field a candidate in a vote it called pathetic and a “national humiliation”. Algeria’s parliament voted last November to abolish the mandatory limit of two presidential terms, with the [...]


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