China's Africa footprint: a makeover for Algeria

Courtesy Newsvine - business  Mon, 01/18/2010 - 16:33

While still struggling with the aftermath of a decade-long Islamic insurgency, oil-rich yet impoverished Algeria is getting a makeover: a new airport, its first mall, its largest prison, 60,000 new homes, two luxury hotels and the longest continuous highway in Africa.


 

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