Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 9/29/2003
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of September 29, 2003
- Banning of special conference of the Algerian National Liberation front
An Algerian court yesterday ( Friday) asked for banning the convening of a special conference for the National Liberation Front (the only party formerly ) that was dedicated to declare the nomination of its secretary general Ali Benflis officially for the presidential elections in the spring of 2004. Algeria, Politics, 10/4/2003 - Political crisis escalate between Algeria's liberation front, Butaflika
The statement considered the behavior of Butaflika and associates to him as a "systemic and pre-fabricated conspiracy with the aim to undermine the democratic principles and the foundations of the state of law." Algeria, Politics, 10/3/2003 - Asharq Al-Awsat: Sahara issue: Morocco attached to dialogue for political settlement, FM
Morocco reaffirms attachment to dialogue as a way out to the Sahara issue, said minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, Mohammed Benaissa, insisting that any solution must cater for the kingdom's sovereignty over its southern provinces and territorial integrity. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 10/3/2003 - Algeria: an extraordinary conference to nominate Benflis on Saturday
The national liberation front in Algeria has defied the decision taken by the authorities to reject giving it a license to convene its party conference to choose the leader of the front Ali Benflis as a candidate for the presidential elections in April of 2004. The front said it will hold an extraordinary conference on Saturday to nominate Benflis. Algeria, Politics, 10/2/2003 - Benflis announces his nomination for Algerian presidency
Benflis stressed that the front will pursue in the coming phase a policy totally contradicting those pursued by Butaflika, considering that it will be the "policy of the future, progress, pluralism, freedom and democracy." Algeria, Politics, 10/1/2003 - Testimony of Moroccan POWs in Tindouf evidences abuses, France liberte
The "direct testimonies" of Moroccan prisoners of war in Tindouf (southern Algeria) show they were subject to "abuses" in the prisons controlled by secessionist group Polisario, Chairwoman of the French association "France Liberte," Danielle Mitterand, said Monday. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 10/1/2003 - Algeria: assassination of the self- defense leader in al-Qabael area
The Algerian security forces said that armed Islamists assassinated yesterday the chairman of the self- defense group in Teizi Ozo province in al- Qabael area (110 Km to the east of the capital.) Algeria, Local, 10/1/2003 - Scores of African illegal immigrants arrested near Moroccan-Algerian borders
A hundred and forty illegal immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa have been arrested during the late 48 hours in the outskirts of Oujda (East, near the Algerian border), announced, here Monday, the Royal county police. Morocco-Algeria, Local, 9/30/2003 - Liberation front announces candidate for elections; Algeria: army kills 150 gunmen
Bin Flis said that the "national liberation front is in a good health and all officials and activists are supporting their secretary general," considering that his party has become a defender of a "policy which completely opposes the policy of the candidate President Butaflika." Algeria, Politics, 9/29/2003