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Algeria is preparing for a constitutional referendum that the establishment says will usher in a ‘New Republic’ boosting freedoms. The opposition on the other hand dismisses as window-dressing by a repressive regime.Many ordinary Algerians seem unaware of the details of the government’s proposal just a month away from the November vote. They have struggled during a deep economic crisis that ...

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