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Algerian singer Hamid Cheriet - Idir - dies in France at 70

Better known as 'Idir', the champion of the Kabyle and Berber cultures died of pulmonary disease.

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Algerian singer Hamid Cheriet, better known as Idir, has died in France at the age of 70, reports the BBC.

The tireless champion of the Kabyle and Berber cultures died of pulmonary disease.

Idir became internationally famous with his lullaby "Vava Inouva" in the 1970s and made a comeback in 1993.

In a tribute to the singer, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune called him an icon of Algerian art and said: "Algeria loses one of its monuments".

Read more of this report from the BBC.