Algeria expands English-language learning as France's influence ebbs

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FILE - Schoolchildren attend a class in the Ben Omar district of Algiers, Algeria, on Sept. 19, 2023. More than a year after Algeria launched a pilot program to teach English in elementary schools, the country is hailing it as a success and expanding it in a move that reflects a widening linguistic shift underway in former French colonies throughout Africa. (AP Photo, File)