Abdelaziz Bouteflika News Archives

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, ...

The move came a day after allegations that the Algerian army killed the monks by mistake when it raided an Islamist camp and that the French state covered up the blunder.

Al-Qaida is no longer directing the movements of its former affiliates in Algeria, who are moving to reconcile with the national government, leaders say.

Mubarak : 'An historic [peace] settlement is within reach' Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has said that Israel's settlement expansion must stop but voiced optimism that an historic Middle East peace accord was 'within reach'. Mubarak also praised US President Barack Obama for leading a path towards agreement in the region and said the Arab world ...

MUSCAT a ' His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has congratulated President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria and President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela on their countriesa TM Independence anniversary.

All set for Pan-African Festival By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Zimbabwean artists will join a host of others from the continent at the second Pan-African Festival of Algiers from July 5 to 20.