ARTICLES RELATING TO ABDELAZIZ BOUTEFLIKA

Bouteflika moved to new Paris facility

2013-05-22 07:51

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been transferred to a new facility in Paris to continue his recovery after treatment in a French military hospital, France's defence ministry says.

Call for ill Bouteflika to appear

2013-05-21 10:31

The head of Algeria's main Islamist political party has called for the country's ailing president to appear on television to dispel rumours over his health after a three week absence.

Algeria says president needs more rest

2013-05-08 08:11

Algerian government has broken its long silence about the health of its hospitalised president to say his condition is "improving" but he still needs rest.

Algeria's Bouteflika well after stroke

2013-04-28 21:27

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is "responding well" after he suffered a stroke and there was no irreversible damage, a doctor says.

Zuma arrives in Algeria for talks

2013-04-15 08:00

President Jacob Zuma has arrived in the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria for bilateral talks with his Algerian counterpart, the presidency says.

Algeria supports Western Sahara freedom

2013-02-26 22:34

Algeria's president has told Western Sahara separatists he hopes they attain "legitimate" self-determination, as the movement marked its unilateral declaration of independence from Morocco.

France wants new ties with Algeria

2012-12-20 11:49

French President Francois Holland is on a landmark visit to Algeria and says he is not there to say sorry for crimes committed during colonial rule, but to begin a new era in relations.

Algeria wants 'dynamic' ties with France

2012-12-11 12:59

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika says Algeria wants "strong and dynamic" relations with France ahead of a visit to Algiers by French President Francois Hollande.

Algeria corruption 'pervasive'

2012-08-25 10:51

Corruption in Algeria is endemic and tearing at the fabric of society, a human rights group has said, calling for punitive measures against corrupt officials.

Polls: Algerian ruling party triumphs

2012-05-16 11:57

Algeria's constitutional council has released the definitive results of last week’s legislative polls, which saw the former single party tighten its grip on power and the Islamists lose ground.

US hails Algeria elections

2012-05-13 22:37

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has hailed Algeria's elections, despite widespread suspicion over results that saw the regime tighten its grip on power, bucking the Arab Spring trend of change.

Algeria islamists reel after election

2012-05-12 11:00

Algeria's Islamists are reeling from a stinging setback in legislative polls which saw the ruling party come out on top, resisting the Arab Spring's tide of democratic change.

No whiff of Arab Spring in Algeria polls

2012-05-10 21:54

Algeria is holding its first polls since the Arab Spring amid deep voter disaffection, with the ageing ruling party confident of victory.

Algeria vote will test status quo

2012-05-09 22:15

Algeria is getting ready for its first election since the Arab Spring swept the region, with the historical ruling party, its moderate Islamist allies and the boycott camp all hoping to claim victory.

Algeria's former single party battles decline

2012-05-08 14:25

Algeria's former single party goes into the 10 May legislative polls confident of victory but strained by internal divisions and the prospect of a presidential election in 2014.

2 policemen killed ahead of Algeria polls

2012-04-30 20:36

Gunmen in Algeria's restive Kabylie region have shot dead two policemen and seriously wounded two others, less than two weeks ahead of legislative polls.

Libya leader starts state visit to Algeria

2012-04-15 22:16

Libyan leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil, has arrived in Algeria for a state visit that comes amid a period of strained relations.

No formalities to mark end of Algerian war

2012-03-13 11:43

Algeria is set to mark 50 years since the end of Algeria’s war of independence from France, but there will be no formalities to mark the milestone for fear of reopening old wounds in an election year.

Morocco, Algeria to resolve disputes

2012-01-23 22:37

Morocco's new Foreign Minister Saad Eddine Othmani has begun a fence-mending visit to Algeria to resolve disputes such as the neighbours' lingering row over Western Sahara.

Algeria invites observers for 2012 vote

2011-12-19 14:27

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has invited international observers to monitor a spring 2012 legislative vote he promised would be the country's most open ever.

Algerian metro opened after 30yr wait

2011-10-31 21:22

Algeria’s president has inaugurated the capital’s new metro system after a three decade wait.

Algeria arrests 25 over jobs rally

2011-10-09 21:00

Algerian police have arrested 25 people as they prepared to rally against unemployment near the presidential compound.

Al-Qaeda claims Algeria bombing

2011-08-28 22:43

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb says it has carried out a twin suicide attack on an Algerian military academy that killed 18 people.

Algeria approves big rise in public spending

2011-05-03 10:51

Algeria has announced a sharp increase in budget spending and waived on staple foods in a move designed to stop public discontent spilling over into the kind of revolts rocking other Arab states.

 

PM says Bouteflika convalescing

2013-05-21 14:44

Algeria's PM, reacting to reports that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seriously ill, says the 79-year-old is recovering in France but has been ordered to take complete rest by his doctors.

Health of ailing Bouteflika improving – PM

2013-05-21 09:11

Algerian PM Abdelmalek Sellal has broken official silence on the health of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, saying he is convalescing in Paris after a mini-stroke and was "never in danger".

Bouteflika to return to home after stroke

2013-04-29 13:48

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, hospitalised in France after suffering a mini-stroke, is in good health and will return to Algeria within a week, his doctor says.

Algiers - Zuma stresses security concerns

2013-04-16 00:36

South Africa and Algeria have called on fellow African nations to pay "greater attention" to the continent's security issues, during a visit to Algiers by President Jacob Zuma.

Zuma to visit Algeria, Nigeria

2013-04-12 20:02

President Jacob Zuma is set to visit Algeria and Nigeria for talks, the department of international relations says.

Algeria's FLN confronts internal crisis

2013-01-31 09:02

Members of Algeria's ruling National Liberation Front are set to meet to confront their biggest internal crisis in a decade, as pressure builds on FLN party chief Abdelaziz Belkhadem to resign.

Bouteflika backs foreign help in Mali

2012-12-11 14:10

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika says it is normal for Mali to get global support in its fight against “terrorism”, while urging talks with moderate rebels.

Algerian leader appoints new PM

2012-09-04 13:36

Algeria's president has named Abdelmalek Sellal as the country’s new prime minister, ending some political uncertainty almost four months after parliamentary elections.

Algeria parliament opening disrupted

2012-05-26 19:00

Islamist lawmakers have disrupted the first session of Algeria's new parliament, waving placards condemning alleged fraud in the elections before leaving the chamber.

Algerian women claw their way into parly

2012-05-16 09:19

Algeria's legislative election saw women take almost a third of the seats, making the national assembly the most gender-balanced in the region but activists say the battle is far from being won.

Algeria vote a step towards reform

2012-05-12 18:29

European Union observers have given a qualified endorsement to an Algerian parliamentary election which handed victory to the ruling party, bucking the trend of the "Arab Spring" revolts.

State newspapers hail Algerian vote

2012-05-11 16:26

Algeria's government newspapers have printed special editions to hail legislative polls they say confirm the country’s democratic credential and choice of stability.

Algeria goes to the polls

2012-05-10 10:16

Algeria is voting in it first election since the Arab Spring swept the region. The vote will see 44 parties - 21 of them newly created - battle for seats in an enlarged parliament of 462 lawmakers.

Algeria not worthy of our vote, youth say

2012-05-09 09:35

Choking with disgust at their political class, many Algerian youths want no part in this week's polls and see leaving the country as the only solution to their despair.

Islamists hope to win in Algerian polls

2012-05-07 10:24

Algeria's Islamists are hoping they can surf the post-Arab "green wave" and win this week's polls, but divisions and dark memories of their previous electoral victory could hamper their chances.

EU in Algeria to monitor elections

2012-04-17 12:49

The EU has launched its observer mission in Algeria ahead of 10 May legislative elections, the first time the 27-nation bloc is monitoring polls in the north African country.

Leaders to discuss AU leadership crisis

2012-03-16 07:51

A handful of African leaders are to meet in the Benin capital to try to make progress on resolving the AU leadership crisis, following deadlocked elections.

Algeria to help Libya create army, police

2012-03-09 15:28

Algeria will help Libya create an army and a police force, Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci says, three days after a visit to Tripoli where he had talks with his Libyan counterparts.

Moroccan FM in fence-mending Algeria trip

2012-01-23 10:28

Morocco’s new foreign minister Saad Eddine Othmani is set to begin a fence-mending visit to Algeria to resolve disputes such as the neighbours’ longstabding differences over Western Sahara.

Pledge to boost Sahel security

2011-12-14 12:01

Algeria and Mauritania's leaders have vowed to beef up security in the Sahel region, where Islamist militants are holding a dozen Western hostages.

Zawahiri calls for Algeria revolution

2011-10-12 09:58

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has called on Algerians to overthrow the government of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and praised Libyan rebels for seizing Tripoli, in a newly released video.

Foreign Zionists behind Algeria riots

2011-09-15 20:08

Foreign parties linked to Zionists are behind an online campaign urging Algerians to stage anti-government protests this weekend Algeria's interior minister says.

Algeria boosts food imports

2011-07-28 11:36

Faced with crumbling regimes across the Arab world, Algeria has dramatically boosted its grain imports to contain social unrest ahead of Ramadan, when food prices traditionally shoot up.

Algeria to hold reform talks

2011-05-20 11:51

Algerian political leaders are preparing to start talks on democratic reforms but the opposition plans a no-show to protest what they call a feeble attempt at real change.

Militants kill 13 soldiers in Algiers

2011-04-16 17:30

Security officials say that Islamist extremists have attacked an army post and have killed at least 13 soldiers.

 
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