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Algeria's parliament adopted a package of constitutional reforms Sunday that authorities say will strengthen democracy, but opponents doubt it will bring real change. The reforms are meant to ...

The Tuaregs also speak Berber languages. They inhabit the South of the Sahara and have been involved for centuries in trans-Saharan trade. Tuaregs have their own culture that probably diverged ...