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Algerian president's hospital receives prank calls
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The hospital in Switzerland believed to be treating the Algerian president has been receiving prank calls amid protests. Liberia's finance minister speaks on currency controversies rocking the country. And we speak to the artist representing Madagascar at the Venice Biennale for the first time.
(Picture: President Bouteflika's hospital in Switzerland. Credit: Getty Images)
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