ALGERIA: Cabinet lifts state of emergency

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Algeria’s cabinet on Tuesday adopted an order to lift the 19-year-old state of emergency, the country’s official news agency reported.

An instruction to lift the state of emergency will come into force from its ‘imminent’ publication in the official gazette, the APS news agency reported.

-- Molly-Hennessy-Fiske