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| Ghardaia on knife's edge |
| 2014-03-29 |
| [MAGHAREBIA] Ghardaia is a scene of destruction and desolation, a fortnight after new ethnic festivities killed three people, injured more than 100 and left the streets in ruins. A fragile calm has settled on the Saharan city, located 600 kilometres south of Algiers, but it can barely conceal the after-effects of a week of carnage. The Mozabite and Ibadite communities blame each other for the latest outbreak of violence. Algerian troops hold the peace and residents navigate a city filled with rubble. |
| Posted by:Fred |