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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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Algerians demonstrate in Algiers to mark the second anniversary of the Hirak movement, Monday Feb. 22, 2021. February 22 marks the second anniversary of Hirak, the popular movement that led to the fall of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. (AP Photo/Anis Belghoul)

Thousands of Algerian activists mark second year of protest

By AOMAR OUALI - Associated Press

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 Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 file photo, the Mosque of Algiers is under construction in Algiers. Algeria's prime minister is finally to inaugurate a landmark mosque Wednesday that was completed last year but shuttered because of coronavirus. (AP Photo/Sidali Djarboub)

Algeria’s PM to inaugurate landmark mosque in Algiers

By AOMAR OUALI - Associated Press

In this file photo dated Tuesday, March 6, 2018, Italian composer Ennio Morricone directs an ensemble during a concert of his &quot;60 Year Of Music World Tour&quot;, in Milan, Italy. Morricone, who created the coyote-howl theme for the iconic Spaghetti Western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and the soundtracks such classic Hollywood gangster movies as “The Untouchables,” died Monday, July 6, 2020 in a Rome hospital at the age of 91. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, file)

Ennio Morricone, Spaghetti Western movie composer, dead at 91

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

A Algerian voter casts his vote, Thursday, Dec.12, 2019, at the Algerian consulate in Marseille, southern France. Five candidates have their eyes on becoming the next president of Algeria in Thursday's contentious election boycotted by a massive pro-democracy movement. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Algerians are voting for new president or boycotting poll

By AOMAR OUALI and ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

Algerians protest over plan for swift elections

By AOMAR OUALI - Associated Press

People chant slogans and wave flags during a demonstration in Algiers, Algeria, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. The Algerian senator Abdelkader Bensalah named to temporarily fill the office vacated by former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said he would act quickly to arrange an &quot;honest and transparent&quot; election to usher in an &quot;Algeria of the future.&quot; (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Clashes mar peaceful protests as Algerians march anew

By AOMAR OUALI and NADINE ACHOUI-LESAGE - Associated Press

People chant slogans and wave flags during a demonstration in Algiers, Algeria, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. The Algerian senator Abdelkader Bensalah named to temporarily fill the office vacated by former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said he would act quickly to arrange an &quot;honest and transparent&quot; election to usher in an &quot;Algeria of the future.&quot; (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

The Latest: Algerian police fire tear gas against protesters

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Algerian lawyers march to demand Bouteflika’s departure

By AOMAR OUALI - Associated Press

Algeria's new prime minister Noureddine Bedoui gives a press conference, in Algiers, Algeria, Thursday, March 14, 2019. Algeria's new prime minister is promising to create a government within days as the country faces mass protests calling on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to step down. (AP Photo/Anis Belghoul)

Crowds throng Algerian cities to demand president step down

By AOMAR OUALI - Associated Press

Demonstrators stage a protest to denounce President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for a fifth term on Place de la Republique in Paris, Sunday, March 10, 2019. The protesters are challenging Bouteflika's fitness to run for a fifth term in next month's election. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Algeria’s president abandons bid for 5th term amid protests

By AOMAR OUALI - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 4, 2017 file photo, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika prepares to vote in Algiers. Algeria, a gas-rich African giant and crucial western ally nearly brought to its knees in the 1990s by a bloody Islamist insurgency, is at a new turning point, this time led by citizens young and old peacefully protesting a bid for a fifth term by ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. (AP Photo/Sidali Djarboub, File)

The Latest: Algeria’s president arrives home amid protests

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Algerians gather for a demonstration in Algiers, Friday, March 8, 2019. A festive crowd of thousands of protesters marched through central Algiers to protest President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's hold on power. The protesters are challenging Bouteflika's fitness to run for a fifth term in next month's election.(AP Photo/Toufik Doudou)

Algerian president back home amid mass protests against him

By AOMAR OUALI - Associated Press

Hundreds of students gather with posters reading &quot;system, get out&quot; or &quot;Free Algeria&quot; in central Algiers to protest Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's decision to seek fifth term, Tuesday, March 6, 2019. Algerian students are gathering for new protests and are calling for a general strike if he doesn't meet their demands this week. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum)

Algerian army chief evokes civil war amid student protests

By AOMAR OUALI - Associated Press

Riot police hold back demonstrators as they march in the streets of the Algerian capital, Algiers, to denounce President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for a fifth term, Friday, Feb. 23, 2019. The 81-year-old Bouteflika announced this month that he plans to seek a new term in April presidential elections despite serious questions over his fitness for office after a 2013 stroke left him largely infirm. (AP Photo/Anis Belghoul)

Protests in Algeria against president’s bid for 5th term

By AOMAR OUALI - Associated Press

Algerian soldiers watch the military plane after it crashed in Boufarik, near the Algerian capital, Algiers, Wednesday, April 11, 2018. Algerian emergency services say 181 people have been killed in a military plane crash and some survivors have been rescued. (AP Photo/Anis Belghoul)

The Latest: Military plane crashes in Algeria, 257 dead

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**FILE** An Algerian gendarme watches through his binoculars as he patrols in the desert near Bechar at the Moroccan border, about 1,000 km west of Algiers, on May 24, 2009. (Associated Press)

U.S. Embassy in Algiers warns of possible terrorist attack over Fourth of July holiday weekend

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Militants kill 14 Algerian soldiers in ambush

By Aomar Ouali - Associated Press