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 th...
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. Pres...
Vol 42 No 23 | ALGERIA Sweeping away 23rd November 2001 Floods made large parts of Algiers a sea of mud on 10 November. They were a nightmare for ordinary citizens, many of whom dug out neighbours with their bare hands - and for Algeria...
Vol 42 No 12 | ALGERIA One musketeer 15th June 2001 President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has again threatened to resign as Kabyle protests mobilise hundreds of thousands of demonstrators and rival power-brokers enfeeble his presidency.
Vol 42 No 10 | ALGERIA The old-timers 18th May 2001 Brutality against Kabyle protesters and retired generals cause problems for Boutef Whatever President Abdelaziz Bouteflika may have achieved during two years in office, it is not peace. Violence continues, involving the Groupe Islamique Armée (GIA) and the...
Vol 41 No 22 | ALGERIA Blasts from the past 10th November 2000 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 ...
Vol 41 No 16 | ALGERIA New frontiers 4th August 2000 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 | ALGERIA The Bouteflika paradox 21st July 2000 The President has gained a grip on power but distrubs liberals and power-brokers Abdelaziz Bouteflika has consolidated his power, exploiting the public's longing for peace to give substance to his presidency (AC Vol 41 No 4). However, an upsurge in Islamist vio...
Vol 41 No 4 | ALGERIA Boutef rides his luck 18th February 2000 Peace has dawned: next, the push for a prosperity which may help protect it President Abdelaziz Bouteflika enjoys a surplus of that most sought-after North African blessing, Baraka (God-given luck). He inherited a flagging peace process, needed to show tan...
Vol 40 No 24 | ALGERIA Going to the dentist 3rd December 1999 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...