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Algeria

Population: 33.3 million
GNI: $101200 million
Debt: $16400 million
Overview: Government reconciliation efforts have not stemmed the number or magnitude of terrorist attacks. Al Qaida's local affiliate pledges to step up attacks as President Abdelaziz Bouteflika prepares for a constitutional referendum and an eventual third term run in 2009.

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  • Vol 49 No 25
  • 12/12/2008

Boutef, the Life President

The latest constitutional changes abolish presidential term limits and weaken parliament

  • Vol 49 No 25
  • 12/12/2008

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
  • 25/05/2007

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.

  • Vol 48 No 9
  • 27/04/2007

Under attack

Algeria's Islamist underground is largely home grown but benefits from foreign attachments

  • Vol 48 No 9
  • 27/04/2007

Khalifa in court

The celebrities were missing from Algeria's 'trial of the century' at Blida Criminal Court, when Judge Fatiha Brihimi sentenced fugitive banker Rafik Abdelmoumen Khalifa to life imprisonment. The creator of El Khalifa Group was still in exile in Britai...

  • Vol 47 No 3
  • 03/02/2006

The President's generals

The President may be back but succession rumours are festering

  • Vol 46 No 6
  • 18/03/2005

Abdelaziz of Arabia

President Bouteflika wants the Arab summit to underline his domination of regional politics

  • Vol 45 No 16
  • 06/08/2004

Military matters

The 3 August announcement that Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Mohamed Lamari had resigned for health reasons (for treatment in Spain for an eye condition) came after weeks of negotiation. The Presidency let it be known that President Abdelaziz Bout...

  • Vol 45 No 6
  • 19/03/2004

A man for election seasons

Algerians dislike their clever President but they'll probably re-elect him

  • Vol 45 No 6
  • 19/03/2004

Le Para moves east

On 9-10 March, fighting in Chad's Tibesti region, near the Niger border, indicated that fighters from Algeria's biggest active Islamist militia, the Groupe Salafiste de Prédication et de Combat (GSPC, Fundamentalist Group for Preaching and Fighting...

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