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Algeria recognizes Berber language and people
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Algiers, Algeria (Reuters AlertNet): Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has ordered the dissolution of local councils in the restive Kabylie region as part of a peace plan agreed with the Berber ethnic minority earlier this year. The government and tribal leaders agreed in January to a wide ranging peace deal, which includes new elections, officially recognising the Berber language and investing in the long neglected northeastern region where most of them live.
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