Algeria

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‘This music survived in a network of phones’: El Wali, the shapeshifting voice of Saharan struggle
Since the 1970s this band in Western Sahara, made up of Sahrawis who oppose Moroccan rule, have made spellbinding music – and a long-awaited new collection of music is being prepared

Andrea Prada Bianchi and Pesha Magid

13, Mar, 2024 @10:45 AM

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Detained, trafficked, exploited: the plight of lone child migrants stranded in Tunisia
Almost 1,500 unaccompanied children are stuck in the country, where many report being separated from parents, while globally the number of minors making journeys alone is rising

Elizia Volkmann in Tunis

11, Mar, 2024 @10:00 AM

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Wednesday briefing: Everyone claims to back a ceasefire in Gaza. But what are they really saying?
In today’s newsletter: As Israel’s position weakens on the international stage, differences in language between different ceasefire calls tell a complicated story

Archie Bland

21, Feb, 2024 @7:00 AM

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‘Living in Brixton allowed me not to be judged non-stop’: Zineb Sedira, the artist who makes people feel at home
The child of Algerian parents who grew up in France and found artistic freedom in London on family, ideas of belonging and how she and close friend Sonia Boyce came to be the toast of 2022’s Venice Biennale

Tim Adams

11, Feb, 2024 @11:00 AM

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Moroccan jetski tourist describes being shot at by Algerian coastguard
Mohamed Kissi says forces approached and began fatal shooting after group strayed into Algerian waters

Geneva Abdul

02, Sep, 2023 @4:45 PM

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Former Algerian minister of defence indicted in Switzerland on war crime charges
Khaled Nezzar is to be tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity during 1991-2002 Algerian civil war

Kate Connolly in Berlin

30, Aug, 2023 @9:06 AM

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African Union issues ambiguous view on possible Niger military intervention
AU opposes countries outside Africa getting involved, but gives more nuanced position on any Ecowas military action

Peter Beaumont

22, Aug, 2023 @1:08 PM

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Southern Europe and north Africa count heavy cost of wildfires
As extreme heat recedes, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain and Algeria reflect on lives lost, environmental damage and costs to livelihoods

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo and agencies

27, Jul, 2023 @4:39 PM

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‘Like a blowtorch’: Mediterranean on fire as blazes spread across nine countries
‘There is no magical defence mechanism,’ says Greek prime minister as fires burn in northern Africa and southern Europe

Helen Sullivan , Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo, and agencies

26, Jul, 2023 @3:56 PM

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France to compensate thousands more relatives of Algerian Harki fighters
Number of people who can claim compensation over treatment of those who fought for French in war of independence to rise

Kim Willsher

16, May, 2023 @11:12 AM

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April Mediterranean heatwave ‘almost impossible’ without climate crisis
Extreme event would have been expected once in 40,000 years before global heating, scientists estimate

Damian Carrington Environment editor

05, May, 2023 @1:00 PM

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Their Algeria review – sixtysomethings separate in meditation on immigrant family life
French Algerian documentary-maker Lina Soualem interviews her grandparents about their marriage and the 1950s immigrant experience in this touching film

Phuong Le

19, Mar, 2023 @12:11 PM

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