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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.

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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.

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Western Sahara | World
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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