<p>Curbs on hunting are to be lifted in Algeria from Tuesday after a ban of more 25 years first imposed during its bloody civil war of the 1990s.</p>.<p>The hunting season will run until February 15, said Agriculture Minister Abdelhamid Hamdani, quoted by national news agency APS.</p>.<p>Hunting was banned and farmers' rifles confiscated to prevent them falling the hands of Islamist militants during the war.</p>.<p>But wild boar hunting, for which Algeria is a destination for shooting holidays, was authorised in 2014, to combat the large increase in their numbers due to the ban.</p>
<p>Curbs on hunting are to be lifted in Algeria from Tuesday after a ban of more 25 years first imposed during its bloody civil war of the 1990s.</p>.<p>The hunting season will run until February 15, said Agriculture Minister Abdelhamid Hamdani, quoted by national news agency APS.</p>.<p>Hunting was banned and farmers' rifles confiscated to prevent them falling the hands of Islamist militants during the war.</p>.<p>But wild boar hunting, for which Algeria is a destination for shooting holidays, was authorised in 2014, to combat the large increase in their numbers due to the ban.</p>