Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 8/16/2004
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of August 16, 2004
- UN Group on Forced or Involuntary Disappearances takes charge of dossier of missing in Tindouf
For the first time, the United Nations Working Group on Forced or Involuntary Disappearances has officially taken charge of the dossier of Sahrawis missing in the prisons of Tindouf camps (south-western Algeria), that are ruled by the Polisario separatists. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 8/18/2004 - Algeria: Ali Balhah was detained Algeria, Politics, 8/17/2004
- Algeria holds the keys for Sahara issue that impedes Maghreb construction, FM
The Sahara issue "is an obstacle to Arab Maghreb Union project" said the Moroccan minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, Mohamed Benaissa, stressing that "Algeria holds the keys to the settlement of this issue," and that it is the "only party capable of re-launching the Union." Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 8/16/2004 - Al-Ammari confirms optional retirement from the Algerian army
Former Algerian army chief of staff lt. gen. Muhammad al-Ammari who resigned from his post on August 3 said he withdrew from the army after his own request after he had completed his mission. Algeria, Politics, 8/16/2004