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Gold medalist in the the women's 66 kg boxing Algeria's Imane Khelif, left, and bronze medalist in the men's 800m Djamel Sedjati arrive after the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, at Algiers airport, Algeria. (AP Photo/Anis Belghoul)

Algerian boxing that’s home to Imane Khelif joins global body trying to save Olympic status

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Cars drive through a road that was damaged by floods caused by heavy rainfall in Tazarine, Zagora, southern Morocco, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. Moroccan authorities say exceptional weather has killed at least 11 people and destroyed homes in southern Morocco. (AP Photo)

Flooding kills more than a dozen people in Morocco and Algeria

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Algerian president and candidate for re-election Abdelmajid Tebboune delivers a speech as part of his campaign for the upcoming presidential election, in Djanet, Algeria, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo)

Algeria votes for president this weekend but with inflation and boycott, few appear to care

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A voter prepares to cast his ballot inside a polling station during the presidential election, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Algiers, Algeria. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum)

Algeria’s 78-year-old president is expected to breeze to a second term in Saturday’s election

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Olympic gold medalist in the the women's 66 kg boxing Algeria's Imane Khelif waves from the top of a double decker bus while surrounded by fans as she returns home from the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in Tiaret, Algeria, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Anis Belghoul)

Sex-disputed gold medal boxer Imane Khelif hailed upon return to Algeria

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FILE - Algeria's President Abdelmajid Tebboune gives a press conference, in Algiers, Algeria, Sunday, 24, 2019. Algeria's presidential campaign is officially starting a week ago with five candidates vying to replace the longtime leader pushed out in April in an ongoing protest movement. Algeria has scheduled this year’s presidential elections for September 7, providing more than five months for first-term President Abdelmajid Tebboune to campaign for a second term to lead the oil-rich north African nation, his office said in a statement on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum, File)

Algeria sets election for September, when the military-backed president will seek a 2nd term

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Journalists work at a private television broadcaster in Algiers, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Algerian officials are chiding television stations over the content choices they've made during Ramadan. Their criticisms come amid broader struggles facing journalists and broadcasters, which have historically relied heavily on advertising from the state and Sonatrach, its largest oil and gas company. (AP Photo/Anis Belghoul)

Algeria chides television stations for Ramadan advertising blitz and immoral programming

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People shop for beef at a butchery in Algiers, Algeria, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024. Algeria is importing massive amounts of beef and lamb to confront an explosion in demand for meat expected throughout the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, hoping to stabilize prices as the country's economy continues to struggle. The oil-rich North African nation is among countries working to import food and fuel, hoping to meet the requirements of Algerians preparing nightly feasts as their families break their sunrise-to-sunset fasts. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum)

Excitement and skepticism meet Algeria’s decision to import beef to meet high demand during Ramadan

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Algeria's head coach Djamel Belmadi stands during the national anthems before the African Cup of Nations Group D soccer match between Algeria and Angola in Bouake, Ivory Coast, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Algeria coach Djamel Belmadi resigns after second straight Africa Cup group-stage exit

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A man walks past the Algerian soccer federation, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023 in Algiers. The Algerian Football Federation said late Wednesday Dec.20, 2023 that a bus crash has killed two members of its Ligue 1 side Mouloudia El Bayadh and that it would postpone all games scheduled for this week. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum)

Bus crash kills player and assistant coach in Algerian soccer’s top league, matches postponed

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Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, at U.N. headquarters. Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2023, dismissed the country's prime minister and replaced him with the head of his cabinet as the country struggles with inflation and next year's national elections approach. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Algeria passes law to protect media freedom. Others used to imprison journalists remain on the books

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Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, at U.N. headquarters. Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2023, dismissed the country's prime minister and replaced him with the head of his cabinet as the country struggles with inflation and next year's national elections approach. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Algerian president names a new prime minister ahead of elections next year

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Schoolchildren attend a class in the Ben Omar district of Algiers, Algeria, on Sept. 19, 2023. More than a year after Algeria launched a pilot program to teach English in elementary schools, the country is hailing it as a success and expanding it in a move that reflects a widening linguistic shift underway in former French colonies throughout Africa. (AP Photo, File)

Algeria forces Francophone schools to adopt Arabic curriculum but says all languages are welcome

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Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune gestures during a press conference in Algiers, Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is starting Tuesday, June 14, 2023, a three-day state visit to Russia meant to strengthen relations of "friendship and cooperation" at the invitation of Vladimir Putin, according to a statement from Algerian authorities. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum) **FILE**

Algeria’s president starting state visit to Russia at invitation of Putin

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Firemen use a hose to extinguish a fire in a forest near Le Luc, southern France, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. Thousands of people were evacuated from homes and vacation spots near the French Riviera as firefighters battled a fire racing through surrounding forests Tuesday, the latest of several wildfires that have swept the Mediterranean region.(AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Thousands evacuated in French Riviera due to forest fire

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Algerian professor gets 3-year jail term for offending Islam

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FILE - In this May 27, 1956 file photo, French troops seal off Algiers' notorious casbah, 400-year-old teeming Arab quarter. French President Emmanuel Macron announced a decision to speed up the declassification of secret documents related to Algeria's seven-year war of independence from 1954 to 1962. (AP Photo, File)

France to speed up opening of secret archives on Algeria War

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People watch Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune speaking on television, Thursday, Feb.18, 2021 in Algiers. Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced he will dissolve parliament to pave the way for new elections and ordered the release of 32 protesters whose pro-democracy movement pushed out his predecessor two years ago. However he didn't set a date for the elections yet, and protesters want deeper change to Algeria's still-secretive power structure. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum)

Algerian president dissolves parliament, frees prisoners

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A woman receives the Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Blida, south of Algiers, Algeria, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. The vaccines were delivered to the Boufarik military airport west of Algiers, Minister Amar Belhimeur said in a statement. He did not indicate how many arrived, though the government had said it had ordered a first batch of 500,000 Sputnik doses. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum)

Algeria starts COVID-19 vaccination drive with Russian shots

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FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 file photo, Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune delivers a speech during an inauguration ceremony in the presidential palace, in Algiers, Algeria. Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune marks a year in office Saturday but he is nowhere in sight since his evacuation to Germany more than six weeks ago for treatment of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Toufik Doudou, FILE)

After battling virus, Algerian leader suddenly reappears

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