6% turnout announced by Interior Minister Nourredine ‘Yazid’ Zerhouni  a long-standing friend of the President...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     This was a cool response to Interior Minister Nourreddine 'Yazid' Zerhouni's pre-poll claim that by voting  Algerians would be opposing the resurgent threat of Islamist terror...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 48 No 9 | 
            - ALGERIA
- MAGHREB
	     Interior Minister Noureddine 'Yazid' Zerhouni  a close Bouteflika ally  has banned Islah from the elections  citing breaches of the electoral law...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	       Many Algerians pointed out that his pharmacist father was a senior member of the Independence war military security  beside luminaries such as Interior Minister Noureddine 'Yazid' Zerhouni and the late Kasdi Merbah...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	       Belkhadem holds it together In the government  Bouteflika's closest ally has long been Interior Minister Noureddine 'Yazid' Zerhouni  a former military security officer who is little loved in Algeria  especially in his native Kabylia...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 47 No 1 | 
            - NORTH AFRICA
	        The good news is that government has gone on as normal while Boutef convalesces and one of his closest allies  controversial Interior Minister Noureddine 'Yazid' Zerhouni (67)  has also been seriously ill  with a major kidney operation  also in France...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The local groups particularly dislike one Boutef-loyalist  Interior Minister Nourredine 'Yazid' Zerhouni  the former secret policeman whose resignation/sacking is regularly predicted...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Last month  the building reopened and there are signs Wafa will be authorised by Interior Minister Nourredine 'Yazid' Zerhouni  allowing Taleb to stand and perhaps to divide the Islamist vote...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     This might see Interior Minister Nourredine 'Yazid' Zerhouni go  though don't bet on it...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	      The generals dislike the Bouteflika camp's suggestion that a civilian could become defence minister  even a civilian with roots in the security establishment  like the President's old ally  Interior Minister Nourredine 'Yazid' Zerhouni...