Vol 37 No 25 | ALGERIA Voting amid terror 13th December 1996 The referendum is over, the generals are entrenched but the terror continues Officially, the turnout was just under 80 per cent. The government claimed that, of those who voted, just over 85 per cent voted 'Yes'. Even the regime's closest...
Vol 37 No 17 | ALGERIA Towards breaking point 23rd August 1996 Foreign backers talk up economic and military successes but few Algerians believe their problems are nearly over After a long pause to bask in his unexpectedly comfortable victory in November's presidential election (AC Vol 37 No 2), President Lamine Zeroual has moved to consolidate his...
Vol 37 No 17 | ALGERIA Divided they rise 23rd August 1996 'The book is closed definitively' on the Front Islamique du Salut, President Lamine Zeroual has told other participants in his political dialogue. The 'eradication' policy favoured by hardliners...
Vol 37 No 16 | ALGERIA Digging deep 2nd August 1996 The discovery of a gigantic oil and gas field that could more than double national output greatly strengthens a government which has looked besieged by Islamists. It allows...
Vol 37 No 11 | ALGERIA Soldiers hold on 24th May 1996 Democratisation is the slogan but the soldiers are not letting go. On 12 May, President Lamine Zeroual unveiled a political reform package which looks forward to a 'national...
Vol 37 No 2 | ALGERIA Zeroual's next move 19th January 1996 Disarray in the Islamist opposition is making the President more confident Following his convincing win in November's election, President Lamine Zeroual faces the much harder task of holding legislative elections this year. Harder for him because he hasn't got...