Many of Algeria's key towns and cities lie along the northern coastal region, where places such as Annaba and Constantine have long histories dating back to Roman times and before. There are also ancient urban centres located at oases in the interior of the country, such as Timimoun and Ghardaia in the M'zab Valley. For the most adventurous, the desert south offers unique landscapes and environments, such as the Hoggar Mountains and Tassili N'Ajjer.
Author Jenny Diski, diagnosed with inoperable cancer, dies aged 68. The author Jenny Diski, who had been writing a serialised diary about her inoperable cancer since being diagnosed in 2014, has died. The news was announced on Twitter by Diskiâs partner, Ian Patterson, whom she referred to in her writing as âthe Poetâ.
Steven Berlin Johnson (born June 6, 1968) is an American popular science author and media theorist.