Drugs, dates and disputes at donkeys' border crossing

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Drugs, dates and disputes at donkeys' border crossing
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In our series of letters from African journalists, Algerian-Canadian journalist Maher Mezahi questions why the border between Algeria and Morocco has been closed for so many years.
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The main crossing between Morocco and Algeria is called Zouj Beghal, which translates as "Two Donkeys".
Legend has it that a pair of donkeys were harnessed to a yoke in Morocco and ordered to march eastwards until they effectively traced what would end up being the borders that delineate Morocco and Algeria.
On a continent where the majority of our borders are arbitrary, I never doubted the veracity of the myth.

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