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| Algeria Politics | Economy - Development | Health Algeria seeks to reduce swine flu vaccines order afrol News - Algerian health officials are negotiating the reduction of its order of swine flu vaccines from 20 to five million doses, saying the cases of the virus have drastically declined in recent months. |
| Libya Society | Politics | Human rights | Media Unblock websites – rights group afrol News - Human Rights Watch has urged the Libyan authorities to stop blocking the internet sites. The country has blocked access to YouTube and at least seven independent websites claiming it was a disturbing step away from press freedom. |
| Western Sahara | World Politics | Human rights | Society New talks on Western Sahara in US afrol News - The parties in the dispute over the status of Western Sahara, where fighting broke out between Morocco and the Frente Polisario after Spain’s colonial administration ended in 1976, have agreed to a United Nations proposal to hold their next set of informal talks next week in the United States. |
| Egypt Politics | Economy - Development Vast Egyptian land reserved for development afrol News - Egypt's Industrial Development Authority (IDA) has announced that it was tendering 42 million square meters of land for the development of industrial projects, the state news agency MENA has reported. |
| Libya | Nigeria Politics | Society Court overturns Swiss man’s jail term afrol News - An appeals court in Libya has overturned a conviction of a Swiss businessman, Rachid Hamdani, one of the two Swiss men being held in Libya on immigration violations. |
| Morocco | Western Sahara Politics | Human rights | Society Ease restrictions on Sahrawi - HRW afrol News - The international human rights body has called on Moroccan authorities to cease a ban on foreign travel against selected Sahrawi activist, saying it hampers the freedom of movement. |
| Algeria | World Politics | Human rights | Society US transfers two Guantanamo detainees to Algeria afrol News - The US Department of Justice has announced that two Algerian detainees, Hasan Zemiri and Adil Hadi al Jazairi Bin Hamlili, have been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the custody and control of the government of Algeria. |
| Algeria Economy - Development | Politics Algeria probes giant gas firm afrol News - Algerian authorities have launched an investigation into the alleged corrupt Chief Executive officer, Mohamed Meziane, of the state owned oil firm giant Sonatrach, Energy Minister Chakib Khelil has confirmed. |
| Egypt Gender - Women | Human rights | Science - Education | Society Egypt varsity bans surgical masks in exams hall afrol News - Egypt’s university has banned the use of surgical masks in examinations halls after female students resorted to masks to replace niqab, a full face veil banned by government last October. |
| Algeria | World Politics | Society Algeria protests strict US security checks afrol News - Algerian authorities are protesting the recent United Stated decision to place the country on the list of the 14 countries whose flights and passengers would be subjected to extra security checks, foreign affairs ministry said. |
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