Human rights
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Development
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Ecology
29 June 2007
Indigenous peoples of Africa
Background and ethnic overview
The indigenous peoples of North Africa are the Imazighn, known as Berbers to the West and including the nomadic and oasis dwelling Tuareg people in the south.
They claim their indigenous identity in the (...)
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Regional
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Kabylia
26 June 2007
Big heat wave in Kabylia: thirst, fires, diseases, and power cuts in the menu.
Kabylia, as all north of Algeria, has been suffering, since three days now, from a big heat wave; the temperature has come close to 45 °C! A summer which promises to be scorching and that raises more than a worry: fires, lack of (...)
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International
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Migration
11 August 2006
From killing zone to safe haven
NO ONE was happier at the death in June of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the proclaimed leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, than Jamal Hussein. The morning before an American air-strike killed Iraq’s top terrorist, the 38-year-old civil servant (...)
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Regional
27 April 2006
Tourism in Kabylia: a region with clear potential
Among the regions of Algeria that shine with the splendour of its scenery and the beauty of its sites, Kabylia captures many hearts with its magical charm and the majesty of its mountains. Its landscapes, culture, villages and (...)
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Opinion
18 March 2006
The future of Kabylia
There are countries which after interior tearings (political, linguistic, cultural and social) quickly understood that the solution to live in peace and harmony, was regional autonomy. And so its application posed any problem, neither (...)
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Europe
25 January 2006
Spain, North Africa and the "reason of state"
The grave events that occurred in the Algerian region of Kabylia last spring, when the Algerian gendarmerie opened fire on innocent youth, went practically unnoticed by the Spanish government and its chief leader, the popular José María (...)
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