Senegal President says making 'progress' in talks with breakaway Sahel States
Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has said he is "making progress" in a mediation mission with
Algeria's Culture Ministry has announced that it is suspending all major art festivals this summer in solidarity with the Gaza Strip. A statement by Culture Minister Soraya Mouloudji said the ministry will instead intensify activities that express the country's solidarity with the Palestinian cause. The ministry organizes several major art festivals every summer, including the Timgad International Cultural Festival in Batna in eastern Algeria and the Kazif International Festival in the capital of Algiers.
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