Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 12/29/1997
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of December 29, 1997
- Zeroual appoints 48 members to the Algerian council
Algerian President Liamine Zeroual appointed 48 national dignitaries to the Umma Council, representing one third the total number of members of the council whose remaining two-thirds were elected last Thursday. Algeria, Politics, 12/31/1997 - Tagamoua Party partners accuse it of violating the coalition agreement
Al Tagamoua scored a massive victory in the election as it won 80 of 96 total seats, for which 14 parties and 21 independent nominees had competed. Algeria, Politics, 12/31/1997 - Ayat Ahmed visits Morocco
Hussein Ahmed Ayat, the leader of the Socialist Forces Front in Algeria, is paying a visit to Morocco during which he will meet with Moroccan officials and politicians to discuss relations between the countries. Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 12/30/1997 - Mohamed Shoeih: the Security Situation is not A Substantial Problem
Algerian director Mohamed Shoeih said that the security situation is not a substantial problem for Algerians working the cinema industry compared to the financial and structural chaos prevailing in their artistic life. Algeria, Entertainment, 12/30/1997 - Algerian massacre Algeria, Military, 12/29/1997
- Algeria security Algeria, Local, 12/29/1997
- Algerian massacre claims 27 lives
Attackers brutally killed 27 villagers in southwestern Algeria, 48 hours after the killing of more than 80 civilians in the same region, an Algerian newspaper said yesterday. Algeria, Military, 12/29/1997