Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 8/17/1998
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of August 17, 1998
- Zeroual: Security conditions in Algeria improve
Algerian President Liamine Zeroual stressed that the security conditions in Algeria are improving rapidly in comparison to previous years. Algeria, Local, 8/21/1998 - No meeting held between Moroccan premier and Algerian counterpart
Morocco denied on Wednesday that Moroccan premier, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, had met lately in Oran his Algerian peer, Ahmed Ouayahia, as reported by an Algerian daily. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 8/20/1998 - Algerian presidency receives requests from missing persons' families
The Algerian presidency received a petition yesterday, including the requests of the families of missing persons, who want to learn the fate of their family members who were lost under strange circumstances. Algeria, Politics, 8/19/1998 - Two civilians assassinated in Algeria
The Algerian dailies reported on Tuesday that an armed group had assassinated two persons on Sunday night in Had al-Sahara near al-Julfa district, south of the capital. Algeria, Local, 8/19/1998 - Algerian forces kill extremist leader
The Algerian daily Liberte said on Sunday that security forces killed Balqati Rabah, one of the leaders of the Armed Islamic Group, accused of being involved in massacres which have claimed the lives of thousands of Algerian civilians. Algeria, Military, 8/17/1998 - Secret negotiations between Algerian government and Islamic Salvation Army
Informed sources in Algeria revealed that a high-ranking officer in the army held communications last month with Islamic Salvation Army leadership in the state of Jijel where a special group from the national police is helping insure the main needs for the Islamic Salvation Army in the state. Algeria, Politics, 8/17/1998 - UNEP executive director in Algeria
The executive director of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Klaus Topfert, started on Sunday a three day-work visit to Algeria to cover means of upgrading cooperation between UNEP and Algeria in matters of desertification, preservation of natural resources, pollution, and urbanization-related problems. Algeria, Environment, 8/17/1998