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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 42 No 10
  • 18/05/2001

The old-timers

Brutality against Kabyle protesters and retired generals cause problems for Boutef

  • Vol 41 No 22
  • 10/11/2000

Blasts from the past

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the veteran statesman, stands proud on the international stage. At home, though, he may not have escaped the shackles of the military establishment which put him in power.

  • Vol 41 No 16
  • 04/08/2000

New frontiers

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has taken a lead in wooing new partnerships in the Middle East and Africa and his senior officials are following up to secure lucrative deals.

  • Vol 41 No 15
  • 21/07/2000

The Bouteflika paradox

The President has gained a grip on power but distrubs liberals and power-brokers

  • Vol 41 No 4
  • 18/02/2000

Boutef rides his luck

Peace has dawned: next, the push for a prosperity which may help protect it

  • Vol 40 No 24
  • 03/12/1999

Going to the dentist

Abdelkader Hachani was murdered by a lone gunman on 22 November as he waited to see an Algiers dentist. He was the leading Islamist at liberty, nominally number three in the banned Front Islamique du Salut but a more credible figure than ageing leader...

  • Vol 40 No 15
  • 23/07/1999

Alger l'Africaine

President Bouteflika's hosting of the OAU summit revived his diplomatic networks

  • Vol 40 No 13
  • 25/06/1999

Bienvenue à Alger

After some tense weeks following the controversial elections, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is promising a peace deal facilitated by an improbable alliance between radical Islamists and senior security officers. He hopes this will outflank his domest...

  • Vol 40 No 9
  • 30/04/1999

Enemies within

Although the establishment candidate Abdelaziz Bouteflika won, the manner of his victory in the 15 April presidential election - with the authorities failing to bludgeon any of his six rivals into competing - led the Algiers rumour mill to suggest that...

  • Vol 40 No 7
  • 02/04/1999

Boutef is bounced back

The generals' choice seems certain to be the people's new president

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