Abdelaziz Bouteflika News

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi may succeed his father In Libya and Egypt, it's a son. In Algeria it's a brother.

HE the Deputy Premier, Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah holding talks with the outgoing Turkish Ambassador to Qatar Mithat Rende on the occasion of the expiry of his tour of duty.

The clashes between police and young people protesting poor housing conditions in Algiers earlier this week reflect growing efforts in recent weeks to stem public demonstrations by a government which, fearing terrorist threats, is determined to maintain a grip on order.

HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani and Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika holding talks in Algiers yesterday Algiers: HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani held a round of official talks with Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, at the Villa Zeralda Complex here yesterday.

Kenya and Venezuela have signed an agreement setting the stage for cooperation in oil exploitation and supply.

Some 30 African and South American leaders are seeking to build on their alliances at a summit in Venezuela.

Two North African leaders have told the General Assembly today that the United Nations needs wide-scale reform to ensure that the voices of developing countries are better heard and to bring about more democratic decision-making across the Organization.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has arrived in the United States to attend a number of key international events and hold talks with foreign leaders.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was guest of honor at a military parade to kick off six days of festivities in Libya marking 40 years since Muammar Gaddafi took control of the desert country in a bloodless coup.

Five people have been killed and three wounded in two separate attacks in Algeria, a media report said Saturday.

A consortium of German firms and Abu Dhabi investment company Aabar will fund and support assembly in Algeria of such products as the Mercedes-Benz Gelandewagen, primarily for military and commercial use.

Politics generates as great a passion across North Africa as does soccer. But unlike soccer, politics has to be guarded, for democracy exists here only in the repressed longing of the people to be free.

Politics generates as great a passion across North Africa as does soccer. But unlike soccer, politics has to be guarded, for democracy exists here only in the repressed longing of the people to be free.

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika this month established two companies that will manufacture equipment for the North African country's military, a move aimed at building up an indigenous defense industry.

Algeria, a gateway between Africa and Europe, has been battered by violence over the past half-century. More than a million Algerians were killed in the fight for independence from France in 1962, and the country has recently emerged from a brutal internal conflict that followed scrapped elections in 1992.

There are 22 countries in the Arab world and not a single one is a true constitutional democracy.

Havana, Jul 14 The Algerian television, radio and main newspapers have being widely covered the second visit to this country of Cuban President Raul Castro.

Havana, Jul 13 Cuban President Raul Castro arrived in Algeria on working visit, and was welcomed by Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of the People''s Democratic Republic of Algeria, the Sunday TV newscast reported.

Like the country's economy, Malaysia's political scene is experiencing a shake up, with some events directly linked to the fallout from the global financial crisis and others of a more domestic nature.

Why are we so taken by Iran's election dispute when the rest of the Middle East stages rigged polls, year after year, without a hint of international protest? Why does no one complain about Tunisia, where Zine al Abidine Ben Ali won 94.5 per cent of the vote in 2004; Egypt, where Hosni Mubarak scored 88 per cent the following year; and Algeria, ...