Algeria: Calls for Dialogue Intensify

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Algeria: Calls for Dialogue Intensify

[Cameroon Tribune] To thwart untold economic crisis and rapid propagation of the coronavirus, experts recommend urgent dialogue between government and "Harik" movement.

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