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Now, retired General Khaled Nezzar has called on the Algerian military for an uprising against their hierarchy.
Nezzar, who has been one of the most powerful figures of his country in the last thirty years, is the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by a military court.
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Uganda cuts military ties with Germany amid diplomatic rift
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Ugandan lawmakers bring back military courts' ability to try civilians
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Red Cross escorts hundreds of stranded Congolese soldiers from rebel-controlled city to capital
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Algeria to unveil military mobilisation bill amid regional tensions