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World Service,16 Apr 1999,29 mins

Algeria's Election Farce

This Week and Africa

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Presidential election in Algeria labelled a farce after the withdrawal of all but one candidate. The country had been hoping the elections would kickstart the peace process. Also on the programme, a profile of new Niger leader Major Daouda Malam Wanke, Ethiopian planes bomb Eritrean towns and high profile violence in South Africa.

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