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Algeria: Journalist Drareni heads back to court after Supreme Court orders retrialF

By Abdellah Cheballah with Philippe Agret - Prominent journalist Khaled Drareni, a symbol of the struggle for a free press in Algeria, is to face a retrial after the supreme court accepted his lawyers' cassation appeal on Thursday. "The supreme court overturned the...
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Moroccan farmers in Algeria’s Laaroda oasis: Victims of a neglected conflictF

Moroccan farmers in an isolated oasis on the Algerian border are bearing the brunt of regional tensions after Algiers expelled them from date groves they have worked for generations.  The border between the arch-rivals has been closed since 1994, but Algeria had...
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Algeria: Hirak movement strengthens, Algerians confirm disconnect with regimeF

[Photo by Le Mating]- Thousands protested in Algiers Friday to demand press freedom and judicial independence, as the Hirak pro-democracy movement keeps up its weekly demonstrations, despite a ban on gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Hirak protest...
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Algeria expels Moroccan farmers from its territory, courtesy Western Sahara crisisF

NAJ | 19 March 2021: The Algerian authorities have issued an ultimatum to Moroccan farmers working of the Laaroda Oasis palm grove, located in Beni Ouenif, province of Bechar. The ultimatum was to leave the region by 18 March. AFP reported that the withdrawal happened...
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