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Algeria protests: Police 'detain top businessmen'
Four billionaires are being held over a corruption investigation, according to state TV.
Four billionaires have been arrested in Algeria as part of interim military leader General Salah's promise to root out corrupt elements of the previous regime... But who exactly are they?
Plus, Cameroon's Catholic Church details more atrocities, killings and abuses suffered mainly by civilians in the ongoing separatist war in the English-speaking regions.
Also, how to find your way through streets with no addresses in the Gambia.
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