Algerian tribal tensions threaten historic town
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Algerian men from the Mozabites community, a Berber minority group, sit near closed shops (unseen) on January 27, 2014 in the flashpoint desert oasis town of #Ghardaia. (Photo: AFP - Farouk Batiche) Algerian men from the Mozabites community, a Berber minority group, sit near closed shops (unseen) on January 27, 2014 in the flashpoint desert oasis town of Ghardaia. (Photo: AFP - Farouk Batiche)
Weeks of violence between two rival communities have swept #Algeria's desert city of Ghardaia, inflamed by the destruction of a historic Berber shrine, with analysts warning of sectarian conflict engulfing the fragile region. For more than a month, the city of 90,000 inhabitants has witnessed clashes between the Chaamba community of (...)