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Algeria has extended lockdown measures for 15 days in most of the country's provinces as the Covid-19 pandemic continues.
A French documentary about the protest movement has created conflict between France and Algeria over its depiction of the government.
Algeria's interior ministry claimed the films were "in fact attacks on the Algerian people and its institutions" including the army.
Karim Tabbou has reportedly been repeatedly prevented from phoning his family, and his lawyers are calling it a violation.
Algeria has continued the use of a drug whose use for Covid-19 treatment has been suspended by the World Health Organisation.
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