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Algeria: single party idea means sending Algeria back to darkest period

Former Algerian economy minister and head of the Algerian Popular Movement party (MPA) Saturday rejected the suggestion that a single national party will guarantee the stability of the country hit by economic slow-down. “Some are concerned about the stability of the country, I am the first political figure to defend it, but stability does not […]

Algeria: After Merkel’s, Iranian President’s visit postponed sine die

Iranian President Hassan Rohani’s March 12 visit to Algiers has been postponed sine die, few weeks after German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s February visit was called off at the last minute over health concerns of the Algerian President. The Iranian President was due to make a stopover in Algiers on his way to South Africa and […]

World’s oldest-known starfish fossil unearthed in Morocco.

A group of researchers from Cambridge University and the University of Western Australia has unearthed a fossil starship in Morocco that dates back 480 million years. The fossil specimen is the world’s oldest-known starfish ever discovered, providing an insight into the evolution of starfish and other echinoderms. Headed by Aaron W. Hunter from the department […]