Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 2/16/2004
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of February 16, 2004
- Butaflika announces his nomination for elections; Benflis is not optimistic of winning
The Algerian President Abdul Aziz Butaflika announced yesterday he will take part in the presidential elections of next May in order to renew his term of office with the aim to complete economic reforms and establish peace in the country which still suffers the blood shed, while the secretary general of the National Liberation Front, Ali Benflis, also announced his nomination for the elections in order to defend values of "justice and the law," but he expressed pessimism over winning. Algeria, Politics, 2/20/2004 - Butaflika announces his nomination on Sunday Algeria, Politics, 2/19/2004
- Algeria: Government coalition support Butaflika
Supporters of the Algerian President Abdul Aziz Butaflika on Monday formed a front whose nucleus is composed of three parties belonging to the current governmental coalition, with the aim to support his nomination for the presidential elections on April 8th, despite the fact that Butaflika did not nominate himself officially for the elections. Algeria, Politics, 2/18/2004 - Maghreb Union, a strategic aim, says Algiers
The Algerian government on Monday stated that the Arab Maghreb Union remains a "strategic objective" and a must dictated the new international changes and a common destiny shared by peoples of the Maghreb. Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 2/17/2004 - Algeria rejects abrogation of emergency, Three Islamists killed
The Algerian government yesterday defended the state of emergency active in the country since 12 years and stressed it will not lift it despite international pressures, justifying that Algeria is fighting what it called Islamic extremism. Algeria, Politics, 2/16/2004