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In Algiers, police still guard the construction site, which so far is only accessible to the workers. (Reuters/Zohra Bensemra)
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Bouteflika’s mosque seen as monument to megalomania

Built with the nation’s vast oil wealth, the monument on the Bay of Algiers will be the world’s third biggest mosque and Africa’s largest

  • Claire Doyen
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