Algeria fires burned UNESCO-listed park; Evacuation lifted as Spain fire stabilised

Algiers (AFP) Aug 20, 2022

More than 10 percent of a UNESCO-listed biosphere reserve has been destroyed by fires that tore through northeastern Algeria, killing at least 38 people, an expert told AFP on Saturday.

The figure cited by Rafik Baba Ahmed, former director of the El Kala Biosphere Reserve, means that the burned area of the park alone is almost double what the civil defence service said has been destroyed thr
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