Algeria

The old church of Saint Hilarion and the Christian past of Algerian oasis

The Diocese of Laghouat is the reminiscence of the Algerian religious plural identity that gave St. Augustine and where the Catholic hermit Charles de Foucault had lived. There was a time when Christians of ancient Numidia lived their faith unmolested.

The old church of Saint Hilarion and the Christian past of Algerian oasis

The Algerian Village of Taghermbayt Submerged by Wastewater

The inhabitants of the agricultural village Taghermbayt located at 17 km south of the town of Tamanrasset fear being totally submerged by waste water from the pipes of the province's capital. Indeed, the village is surrounded by a belt of dirty water flooding the ground.

Nouh Azawi: The Mâalem with nimble fingers

"The transmission of aesthetic and technical knowledge and the making of targui jewelry is our noble handcraft. It is the Millennium expertise of Inaden (Mâalims)". Explains with pride, Nouh Azaoui, our genius Mâalem.

Fearing for their health and that of their children, the people of In-Salah still opposes shale gas extraction

Shale gas exploration at In Salah since its recent launch has caused sharp reactions among the people of Tidekelt. Many took to the streets to shout their fear and to call for an immediate end to the drillings before the situation deteriorates.

Ghardaïa, M’Zab valley: are intercommunity fighting really unavoidable?

Since the military moved in at the end of October 2014, calm has returned to the M’zab valley, in the wilaya of Ghardaïa. The army took control of the crisis, born ten months earlier from the regular and suddenly bloody fighting between the Ibadites (*) and part of the Arab community of Malekite rite (*). But in order to restore calm and order, the government had to take out its heavy guns and to harden its stance towards the «trouble makers».

Tamanrasset: hallucinogenic meds spread fast

Hallucinogenic drug have lately spread fast among Tamanrasset’s youth. This increase threatens the province’s population due to the risks incurred by these medicines on mental and physical health.

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