![Abdelmadjid Menasra, leader of the Islamist party Front of Change (FC), casts his ballot during parliamentary elections at a polling station in Algiers May 10, 2012. Algerians voted on Thursday for a new parliament that officials say will bring democracy to a country left behind by the "Arab Spring" revolts, but many people showed their scepticism by abstaining. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (ALGERIA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR31UYV](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/02/RTR31UYV.jpg/RTR31UYV.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=gZAOdEw2)
Kaci Racelma is an Algerian journalist with Inter Press Service news agency and Afrik.com, an online magazine. He is based in Algiers and covers the North African region.
![Abdelmadjid Menasra, leader of the Islamist party Front of Change (FC), casts his ballot during parliamentary elections at a polling station in Algiers May 10, 2012. Algerians voted on Thursday for a new parliament that officials say will bring democracy to a country left behind by the "Arab Spring" revolts, but many people showed their scepticism by abstaining. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (ALGERIA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR31UYV](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/02/RTR31UYV.jpg/RTR31UYV.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=gZAOdEw2)
![An Algerian girl holding a baby walks past makeshift shelters May 24, 2003 in the Algerian town of Boumerdes after an earthquake hit Algeria's Mediterranean coast three days ago. Hopes dwindled on Saturday of finding survivors three days after the worst earthquake in Algeria for more than two decades killed more than 1,750 people. - RTXLZF6](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/10/1-RTXLZF6.jpg/1-RTXLZF6.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=RgGZn6WV)
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![A fighter from the Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra is seen in front of a burning vehicle, caused by what activists said were missiles fired by a Syrian Air Force fighter jet from forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, at their base in Raqqa province, east Syria, May 12, 2013. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: CONFLICT POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTXZJTP](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/09/1-JabharalNusra1.jpg/1-JabharalNusra1.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=F5zaJDB_)
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![Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) speaks next to his Tunisian counterpart Ali Larayedh during a news conference in Tunis June 6, 2013. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi (TUNISIA - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX10DY9](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/06/RTX10DY9-001.jpg/RTX10DY9-001.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=3nj8c9A3)
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![Residents from the Berber region and regional party officials protest against extortion tactics employed by al Qaeda's north African wing, in Freha village, in the mountainous Kabylie region, 130km east of Algiers November 22, 2010. About 2,500 people demonstrated in a remote part of Algeria on Monday to demand that security forces do more to protect them from al Qaeda-linked militants who use the area as a stronghold. The banner reads, "Stop the terror". REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (ALGERIA - Tags: POLITICS](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/05/1-RTXUXGC.jpg/1-RTXUXGC.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=VVZ4yHrb)
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![Muslim men attend a "Tarawih" mass prayer session during Ramadan at the El Houda mosque in Algiers August 25, 2010. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (ALGERIA Tags: - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) - RTR2HJPN](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/05/RTR2HJPN.jpg/RTR2HJPN.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=KQDSg3sf)
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![A pupil reads and learns the Koran at Zaouia Ait Koufi in Tizi Ouzou, east of Algiers, during the holy month of Ramadan August 8, 2012. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (ALGERIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) - RTR36GIW](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/05/Algeria%20religion.jpg/Algeria%20religion.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=_Fd0C87H)
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![Algerian soldiers stand near the Tiguentourine Gas Plant in In Amenas, 1600 km (994 miles) southeast of Algiers, January 31, 2013. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (ALGERIA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS CRIME LAW) - RTR3D77Z](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/05/1-RTR3D77Z.jpg/1-RTR3D77Z.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=qg3zkz6b)
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![Policemen push medical staff during a protest rally near the Algerian Ministry of Health in Algiers May 8, 2013. Thousands of Algerian public sector doctors are on strike and have been holding regular protest rallies to demand an improvement in their terms of employment. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina (ALGERIA - Tags: HEALTH BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT CIVIL UNREST) - RTXZF33](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/05/algeria.jpg/algeria.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=FOXYLb8W)
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![A young woman walks past posters for the referendum on "civil concord"
in Algiers, September 11, 1999. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
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![Tunisian soldiers stand on their tank as they take part in a search operation for gunmen in Dernaya Mountains in the Kasserine region, near the Algerian border, on December 11, 2012. Tunisian security forces have mounted a search operation for gunmen who carried out an attack in the Kasserine region, killing a policeman, a security source said. AFP PHOTO / ABDERRAZEK KHLIFI (Photo credit should read ABDERRAZEK KHLIFI/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/05/158201170.jpg/158201170.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=2aygXH04)
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![An activist takes part in a demonstration to demand the release of Moroccan political prisoners in Guadalajara, January 26, 2013. The demonstration was called in support of Sahrawi prisoners who have been in jail in Rabat, Morocco, since 2010. The Sahrawi prisoners are demanding their right to freedom as well as the independence of the territories occupied by Morocco in Western Sahara, according to the Sahrawi resistance organization. REUTERS/Alejandro Acosta (MEXICO - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3D0N](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/04/1-RTR3D0N9.jpg/1-RTR3D0N9.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=fE7Y1IjZ)
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