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Depardieu at a Russian Film festival in Nice, southern France, 6 June, 2013
16/06/2013 - France

Depardieu wants an Algerian passport

 It didn’t take long for French actor Gérard Depardieu to make it back into headlines.

Production at Michelin's factory at Le Mans
10/06/2013 - France - Algeria

Michelin to shed 700 jobs in France, sell Algeria operation

Tyre-maker Michelin is to shed 700 jobs at one of its French factories and sell its Algerian operation.

François Hollande speaks to RFI, France 24 andTV 5 Monde.
31/05/2013 - Interview: French president speaks to RFI

France to tighten spying on jihadis after soldier attack, Hollande tells RFI

France is to improve its tracking of radical Islamists, following Saturday’s attack on a French soldier in Paris, French President François Hollande said in an exclusive interview ...

African Union wants progress on Western Sahara
28/05/2013 - African news explained

African Union wants progress on Western Sahara

In Addis Ababa, the African Union summit ended yesterday with its final declaration making a special mention of Western Sahara.

Racist insults can seriously damage your health
21/05/2013 - Algeria - France

French expatriate fined for calling Algerian 'dirty Arab'

A French expatriate has been given a three-month suspended sentence and fined for calling an Algerian employee a “dirty Arab”.

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika
21/05/2013 - Algeria - France

Algerian press demand truth on Bouteflika's health

Algerian newspapers on Tuesday denounced a news blackout by the government over the state of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who has been in a French hospital for three weeks.

Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seen at the presidential palace in Algiers, in this file picture taken December 11, 2011.
19/05/2013 - Algeria

Algeria censors daily newspapers over Bouteflika 'coma' claim

Algeria censored reports by two daily newspapers that claimed President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in a Parisian hospital since last month, would be flown home in a coma after his health deteriorated ...

Startijenn El-TaQa - A fusion of North African and Celtic rhythms
19/05/2013 - World music matters

Startijenn El-TaQa - A fusion of North African and Celtic rhythms

Startijenn means energy in the Breton language, and this young French band from Brittany in the north-west of France certainly ...

13/05/2013

African press review 13 May 2013

Tackling violence towards immigrants in South Africa and building new homes in Algeria are two of the stories in today's African papers... 

Oil giant BP reconsiders further investments in Algeria
11/05/2013 - African news explained

Oil giant BP reconsiders further investments in Algeria

Oil giant BP says it is reconsidering further investments in Algeria because of insecurity in the south.

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