New Zealand Herald: Algeria's Bouteflika Vows to Continue Shale Gas Exploration

Algeria will continue to carry out shale gas exploration despite a wave of protests against the project across the country's desert south.

Algeria's ailing president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, said in a statement read out by an adviser that the exploration project would be carried out "until the end." But he said a decision on exploiting the fields would only be taken once the exploration was finished.

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