Harmony In Setif, Algeria

Magharebia.com Reports:

Algerians are concerned about the number of children abducted, and the kidnapping of Yacine Bouchelouh has captured the attention of parents throughout the country. Official statistics show the disappearance of 841 children since 2001, ranging in age from 4 to 16.

Some Algerians attribute the trend of child abductions to criminal networks trafficking in human organs, while others feel the disappearances are sexually motivated.

That’s some very disturbing news! I’ll be thinking twice about where I let my kids run off to from now on! Click here for full article.

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Algeria has a law designed to defend women from being made homeless by divorce; a prospect heightened by a severe housing shortage. Advocates, however, say the law is not enforced and women are still winding up in the streets.

Read full article here. A must read.

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Algeria has announced it plans to enrich uranium for civilian purposes within the framework of the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency.

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El Khabar reports. Six Countries are in line for running one of Algeria’s state owned banks.

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Tamine said the translation was done at the request of officials from local mosques in Kabylie districts such as Tizi Ouzou where congregations did not understand Arabic.

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NEPAD experts in a visit to 9 Algerian Wilayas

So, NEPAD, The New Partnership for Africa’s Development, is visiting Algeria to produce a report on how Algeria can improve ‘governance’ and ‘master economic difficulties’. I’d really like to see what they come up with. I will keep you posted.

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LOL… Nice translation there fellas! I’ve never seen any ‘infants’ working around these parts. In all seriousness, though, my heart goes out to all the youngsters who do work for thier families. I see young boys collecting plastic, I don’t know where they sell it,  and sometimes selling beans on the sidewalks. Miskeen(poor boy). They don’t have a huge inventory, just a few kilos. These are children who are my boys’ ages and I don’t even let them go out of the house alone because they are too young to go without supervision.
El Khabar
About 300 000 infants work in Algeria

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In this article the engineer they interviewed suggests he will sell cigarettes on the street if he can’t find work. It seems many of the youth have the same idea in mind. I spoke to a teacher here and she says the general ambition of the students is to make money any way they can and not to continue thier education. You can see this plan reflected in the vast number of TaxiPhones(kind of like a glorified phone booth), cigarette stands and coffee shops(and they don’t even sell cappiccinos or lattes). They are quick and cheap businesses to set up. The business owners are willing to settle for the little income they generate. And I say little because there is so much competition.

Economic boom in Algeria

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