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Algeria
Population: 36.1 mn.
GDP: $158 bn.
Debt: $4.7 bn.
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Localised protests will continue as the government attempts conciliation. Public expenditure could rise by 25% or more in consequence. Meaningful reforms ahead of May's parliamentary elections are unlikely. 

Algeria Country Report


 

 


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  • Vol 52 No 25
  •  16th December 2011

Waiting for a breakthrough

Islamists are manoeuvring to take centre stage in Algeria, where efforts to create a national protest movement have been stifled.

  • Vol 52 No 19
  •  23rd September 2011

No springtime in Algiers

The ageing elite which supported Gadaffi to keep revolutions at bay now faces much bigger challenges at home

  • Vol 52 No 8
  •  15th April 2011

Boutef holds back the wave

Algiers calculates that astute state spending will counter growing political anger at unemployment, corruption and chronic housing shortages

  • Vol 50 No 24
  •  4th December 2009

Football fuss

Algeria and Egypt stopped just short of war over qualification for the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa. We hear that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika had considered a special forces intervention if Algeria lost a group play-off match to decide Afric...

  • Vol 50 No 8
  •  17th April 2009

Victory in a vacuum

This time, rigging the election turnout was more important than rigging the vote

  • Vol 50 No 8
  •  17th April 2009

The contenders

According to the official result, confirmed by the Constitutional Council on 14 April, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was re-elected with 90.24% of the vote, from a 74.6% turnout. The other candidates represented different political tendencies but none of...

  • Vol 50 No 1
  •  9th January 2009

Electoral juggernaut

Bouteflika’s parliamentary allies have changed the constitution to allow him to stand for a third term and he will not face any serious electoral opposition

  • Vol 49 No 25
  •  12th December 2008

Boutef, the Life President

The latest constitutional changes abolish presidential term limits and weaken parliament

  • Vol 49 No 25
  •  12th December 2008

Another third term in Africa

Algeria’s 12 November constitutional amendment consisted of two main proposals: to remove the limit of two five-year terms for the president, and to change the title and role of ‘head of government’ into ‘prime minister’. The latter move seems to further ...

  • Vol 48 No 11
  •  25th May 2007

Not my party

Algerians were fascinated and concerned by Nicolas Sarkozy's win in the French presidential poll. Many worry about the upsurge in terrorism at home and persistent reports about President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's health.

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