Presidential son Alaa el Din Mohamed Hosni Sayed Mubarak led Egypt’s abuse of Algeria during the November-December World Cup soccer war which pitted him against Algeria’s Saïd Bouteflika (President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s brother and preferred successor)...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 8 |
- ALGERIA
- CHINA
Amar Ghoul Public Works Minister and close friend of Boutef’s son Saïd Bouteflika has been another target for the DRS and his ministry has been involved with the road and rail contracts that have been cancelled or which have associated cases before the courts...
Vol 50 No 24 |
- ALGERIA
- EGYPT
Boutef's brother and chosen successor Saïd Bouteflika led Algeria's delegation to the match in Sudan...
Many sources believe that behind this issue lay the President’s determination to get his favoured younger brother Saïd Bouteflika anointed as his successor...
Many Algerians are as wary of Saïd Bouteflika’s reputation as a man of business and backroom politicking as they are of the emergence of political dynasties...
Yet they do not want to see his family establishing a long-term hold on the presidency: attempts to get Saïd Bouteflika a formal seat at the top table will continue to be resisted...