The Diocese of Laghouat is the reminiscence of the Algerian religious plural identity that gave St. Augustine and where the Catholic hermit Charles de Foucault had lived. There was a time when Christians of ancient Numidia lived their faith unmolested.
The Diocese of Laghouat is the reminiscence of the Algerian religious plural identity that gave St. Augustine and where the Catholic hermit Charles de Foucault had lived. There was a time when Christians of ancient Numidia lived their faith unmolested.
The inhabitants of the agricultural village Taghermbayt located at 17 km south of the town of Tamanrasset fear being totally submerged by waste water from the pipes of the province's capital. Indeed, the village is surrounded by a belt of dirty water flooding the ground.
"The transmission of aesthetic and technical knowledge and the making of targui jewelry is our noble handcraft. It is the Millennium expertise of Inaden (Mâalims)". Explains with pride, Nouh Azaoui, our genius Mâalem.
Hallucinogenic drug have lately spread fast among Tamanrasset’s youth. This increase threatens the province’s population due to the risks incurred by these medicines on mental and physical health.
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