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Music from Niger: Bombino's album 'Sahel'The musical expression of a people's pain
Like many Tamasheq musicians and many of his people, Niger-born Bombino has spent a lot of time in exile. On his latest album, "Sahel", he sings of the pain of exile and the importance for a people of holding on to its culture and values
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Berber ritual survives millenniaTuareg flock to Algerian desert oasis for ancient festival
In a riot of colour, music and dance, thousands of Tuareg have flocked to the Sebeiba festival that marks the end of an ancient tribal feud and which once a year transforms an oasis town deep in the Algerian Sahara
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Italy and Algeria cooperate on energyAlgiers is banking on Europe's gas rush
Following the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's visit to Algeria, both countries are seeking to expand their energy cooperation. This will, however, only further cement Algiers' dependence on the gas rush. By Sofian Philip Naceur
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Is Islamic State returning to the Niger-Mali border?
Armed groups in Niger are increasingly active in the border region shared with Mali and Burkina Faso with civilian casualties reaching new heights. The uptick in civilan deaths does not, however, necessarily signal a return of IS to the area.
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Mass expulsions to NigerAlgeria abandons thousands of migrants in the desert
Now that the COVID-19 crisis in Algeria has eased significantly, Algerian authorities are once again cracking down on migrants with extreme severity, expelling thousands of people to Niger in a blatant violation of international law. By Sofian Philip Naceur
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The Republic of Niger
The Uranium Curse
A Tuareg revolt, coveted uranium resources, geopolitical rivalries, endemic poverty: is Niger becoming the latest patient in Africa's emergency-ward?