The move comes as the government battles to contain popular protests against the lack of freedoms, high unemployment and corruption.
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Algeria’s Bouteflika to end state TV and radio control
Wednesday 14 September 2011, by
Algeria has announced sweeping media reforms to allow private radio and television stations to exist for the first time since independence in 1962.
BBC News Africa