Vol 43 No 14 | ALGERIA Bouteflika digs in 12th July 2002 The President is pleased with the polls but hasn't yet won the war Islamist violence and Kabyle protests continue, while Algerian militants feature large in the United States' 'war against terrorism'. Yet President Abdelaziz Bouteflika can feel more secure than ever...
Vol 43 No 11 | ALGERIA Fixing it up 31st May 2002 The Islamist vote at the legislative elections on 30 May will show whether President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has really transformed Algerian politics. Until the last minute, many electors were...
Vol 43 No 6 | ALGERIA Algeria's growing military machine 22nd March 2002 Algeria's progress against the Islamist underground was confirmed by the killing last month of Antar Zouabri, the leader of the Groupe Islamique Armé. This was a coup for...
Vol 43 No 2 | ALGERIAFRANCE L'arbitraire 25th January 2002 In a watershed vote on 15 January, the French parliament declared 19 March a day of commemoration of the victims of the Algerian, Moroccan and Tunisian independence struggles....