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/ 3 September 2004
Two years after Côte d’Ivoire plunged into a low-level civil war following a rebel uprising against President Laurent Gbagbo, the West African state remains bitterly divided, with only one of 10 new laws aimed at reconciling the country passed. Another touchy issue in the country is that of foreigners claiming Ivorian nationality.
Algerians are to elect a new parliament on Thursday in polling that will go ahead despite a boycott call by the Berber minority.
Centuries of history in the ancient Algiers kasbah are falling away, literally. Once a sparkling white medina, or Islamic city, perched on a hill above a glistening waterfront, the kasbah has become an overcrowded home with unsteady walls.