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The author emphasizes the much bigger changes needed in Algeria in its transition to democracy following the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika after weeks of angry protests. Topics covered include the role of a shadowy group comprised of businessmen, politicians and generals in ruling Algeria, the response of protesters to the concessions that followed Bouteflika's resignation, and the importance of installing a caretaker government to ensure the creation of a more open government.

The article discusses vast potential in Algeria along with discussion on ruling class. Topics include cheap labour offered by Algeria, guerrilla war in Setif after massacre of demonstrators, need of fresh investment and jobs from government, better position of country on "human development" index, and Bread riots in 1980s.

The article focuses on the difficulties faced by the Algerian government trying to improve the country's economic and political situation alongside dealing with jihadists and other countries like Libya and Mali. It talks about the Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika's reassurance to the public despite his poor health. It speaks about the government encouraging the public to vote inorder to maintain political and social security.

The article looks at Algeria's political, economic, and security conditions, discussing conflicts over who will succeed Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, fighting between the Arab and Berber ethnic groups, and an attack by al-Qaeda in the Magreb (AQIM), an Islamic State affiliate.

Discusses the April 1999 election of Abdelaziz Bouteflika as president of Algeria. Protests in the wake of the election; Voter turnout; Bouteflika's political career; Outlook for his government and economic recovery.

Reports that Algeria's army staged its coup to cancel that country's--and, save for the odd experiment, the Arab world's--first democratic parliamentary election for the rotten reason that it was about to be won by the `wrong' people, the Islamic fundamentalist party. The drift towards democracy, which is catching on in all corners of the globe, has hit a serious tripwire. President Chadli Benjedid forced to resign; Other Arab governments.

Reports on Algeria, where the signs say that President Chadli Benjedid will stick by the democratic experiment he instigated. The Islamic fundamentalists have been hinting at the dire possibility of an army coup. Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) poised to win run-off elections; Anti-Islamists hoping for democracy; Possibility of coexistence with presidency; Conclusions.

Reports that November 1, 1991 is the anniversary of the start of Algeria's war of independence. Demands for an Islamic state by marching supporters in central Algiers; Background on the National Liberation Front (FLN) and the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS); Possibilities of renewed violence during the December 1991 elections.

Reports that on June 4th Algerian President Chadli Benjedid declared a four-month state of siege for the whole country, dismissed his government, postponed indefinitely the elections due on June 27th and July 18th, and sent tanks into the streets.New Prime Minister Sid Ahmed Ghozali; The Islamic Salvation Front; The ruling National Liberation Front; Electoral violence; Riots; Details.

Reports on the growing chance that Algeria's National Liberation Front (FLN) will lose the parliamentary election due early next year to the Islamic Salvation Front, North Africa's first legal Islamic party. President Chadli Benjedid; Officials abandoning the FLN; Reemergence of Algeria's first president, Ahmed Ben Bella; Details; Outlook.

Outlines changes in Algeria since the Islamic parties won the local elections on June 12th. The National Liberation Front (FLN) which has ruled Algeria since 1962, is in no position to resist; Disagreement between the provincial assembly in Constantine, the city council in Algiers and the FLN concerning the mixing of sexes in schools; Sheikh Abbas Madani, the FIS leader and the assembly's power.

Investigates the rumor that a dozen local officials in western Algeria have been arrested for carrying out extra-judicial executions. Newspaper report about two mayors who subjected the local population to a reign of terror; Algeria's policy of distributing weapons to trusted civilians; View that some of the inexplicable mass killings in the Algerian countryside could be the work of local militias.

Focuses on the carnage in Algeria as of mid-January, 1998. Rebukes for the French and United States governments' condemnations of the slaughter; Concern that the army's inaction in the face of the atrocities means they are either turning a blind eye to the violence or involved in it; Calls for inquiry from Algerian opposition parties and international human-rights organizations.

The article focuses on the referendum organized by military rulers in Algeria. They vowed to hold an election for a new legislative assembly and proposed a constitution to retain their control of the country. The proposal will prohibit political parties based on religion, language or ethnicity. They aim to prevent the proliferation of the Islamic Salvation Front (ISF) and give the army legal grounds to exclude two Islamic parties.

Looks at some aspects of the political situation in Algeria in October 1995. The view that the cancelled meeting between France's President Jacques Chirac and Algerian President Liamine Zeroual has increased Zeroual's election prospects. Why Zeroual needs a populist boost; The National Liberation Front; The outlawed Islamic Salvation Front.

Focuses on the political situation in Algeria on Independence Day, July 5, 1995. Statements from President Liamine Zeroual; Zeroual's desire to hold a convincing presidential election before the end of the year; Algeria's civil war; The Islamic Salvation Front.

Comments on attempts by the president of Algeria, Liamine Zeroual, to seek a dialogue with various political parties. The view of some (legal) parties that a dialogue that does not include the (illegal) Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) will be meaningless; The silencing of Abassi Madani and Ali Belhaj; Madani Merzak; Other aspects.

Comments on the growth of fundamentalism in Algeria and Turkey. Compares the situation in the two countries; Algeria's Islamic Salvation Front (FIS); Turkey's Welfare Party; Deaths caused by the violent opposition; Weak and corrupt governments; Bad economies; Differences between the two countries.

Suggests that if Algeria eventually becomes an Islamic state, its domestic policy could be even less compromising than Iran's. Why the Shia Muslim state of Iran is exceptional; Ecumenically inclined reformers; Traditionalist groups; Disagreement over the right of women to vote; Issues of personal status that caused the breakdown of the 1990 peace agreement in Afghanistan.

Reports that a group of unbanned political leaders met President Liamine Zeroual for the fourth round of Algeria's `national dialogue' to seek a solution to the civil war. How the debate focused on whether or not leaders of the still banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) would be allowed to join the next round of peace talks; Why FIS leader, Abbasi Madani, and his deputy, Ali Belhadj, were released from the army prison; Opposition to the release from the Armed Islamic Group (GIA).

Focuses on Algeria's war between its army and its Islamic militants. The Algerian regime's attempts to find a political way out of the war; The misnamed `national conference on consensus'; The Islamic Salvation Front (FIS); Threats issued by militant Islamic factions such as the Armed Islamic Group; Secular parties, notably the National Liberation Front; Anti-Islamist Berber-based party; The planned three-year transition; Cynicism and passive hostility.

Discusses current political developments in Algeria. Actions of Algeria's army; Moves made by General Khaled Nezzar; Talks with Islamic leaders; Details of the recent murders that are going on in this African nation; Calls for an end to repression; Additional information.

Discusses the implications of the bomb that killed 38 people in Larba, Algeria in July 2002. The attack blamed on Islamic militants; Additional acts of violence in Algeria; Signs of a renewal of the struggle for power in the country between President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and other factions; The defamation suit brought by Khaled Nezzar against Habib Souaidia; Souaidia's book, 'La Sale Guerre' or 'The Dirty War.'

Reports on the military coup in Algeria, which forced the resignation of President Chadli Benjedid. Many Algerians are dismayed at the army's decision to abort the process of democratization. Violence denounced; Fears of future violence as a result of the army's intervention.

Focuses on developments related to politics and government in Algeria. Plan of the military to restore civilian rule following its takeover of government; Arrest of leaders of Islamic fundamentalist group Islamic Salvation Front; Problems facing Algerian Prime Minister Sid Ahmed Ghozali and his country.

Reports on Algeria's transitional government under Sid Ahmed Ghozali formed to revive the revolutionary party, the National Liberal Front (FLN). Need for FLN to fortify itself against the challenge that will be mounted by the fundamentalist group Islamic Salvation Front; Similarity of the government of Algeria and Jordan.

Focuses on the apparently senseless slaughter in Algeria as of early 1998. Numbers of people who have been killed, many within sight of army posts; Algerian government's blame of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA); The government's response to calls for an international inquiry into the situation; Necessity of an independent investigation to find out what is going on in Algeria.

Reports on protests in Algeria which contend that the October 23, 1997 election were rigged by the National Democratic Rally, which supports the military-backed authorities. Comments from Ahmed Djeddai, leader of the opposition Socialist Forces Front; How protestors viewed Algerian President Liamine Zeroual; The unity among opposition parties fostered by the protests; How the government has responded; The loss of faith by Algerians in their government.

Reports on the results of June 1997 elections in Algeria. The lack of significant change in the post-election government; The military's continued control of the state; The extensive violence; The reappointment of the unpopular prime minster, Ahmed Ouyahya by President Liamine Zeroual; The army-backed National Democratic Rally's continued domination of the main ministries; The minor posts given to the other parties.

Examines the political situation in Algeria in January 1997, six years after the country's army chiefs cancelled an election that the Islamic Salvation Front was winning. Persistence in efforts by government of the President Liamine Zeroual to remove Islam as political force; Passage of draft law for parliamentary elections, to be held in May 1997; Efforts of the government to distance itself from French-speaking governing class.

Looks at prospects facing President Liamine Zeroual of Algeria since his re-election in November 1995. The amount of voter turnout; Political turmoil in Algeria in the 1990s; The mandate that Zeroual can claim to end the fighting and restore democracy; Opposition from militant Islamists; Reasons why Europe has a responsibility in the area.

Says that the tragedy in Algeria is so great that the time has come for outsiders to interfere. The question of whether France and other countries want to; The issue of money; The awful war that has lasted for three years; The gang of four, Algeria's hardline generals; The Islamic Salvation Front (FIS).

States that France is being sucked deeper into the Algerian civil war even though the government protests its neutrality. Steps taken by the French government to protect the country; The outlawed Islamic Salvation Front (FIS); Contradictory French policy on Algeria.

Looks at the violence in Algeria and comments on a statement from President Liamine Zeroual which signaled the failure of talks with the Islamists. Previous conciliatory actions by Zeroual toward the Islamic Salvation Front.

Says the 28.6% devaluation of the Algerian dinar was the price of a $1 billion International Monetary Fund stand-by and the rescheduling of Algeria's $26 billion foreign debt. While the reform package is technically correct, it may have come too late. President Liamine Zeroual switched prime ministers from Redha Malek to Mokdad Sifi; Attempts to gain control over radical groups.

Announces the appointment of retired general Liamine Zeroual as Algeria's president, succeeding the five-man collective presidency. His commitment for a new national order wherein people could express their choices freely; Expectation the regime will step up the fight against Islamic fundamentalism; Continuing violence; Problems with fifth-columnists in the army.

Asserts that Algeria's generals must bring the Islamic movement back into political life or risk a full-scale insurgency. Civil war between Algeria's army-run regime and the Islamic movement that, two years ago, was on the way to forming an elected government. Increase in political violence and terrorism; The outlawed Islamic Salvation Front; Regime's hopes of winning some legitimacy for the coming three-year `transitional' period; More.

Examines the political situation in Algeria, where the five-member High Committee of State, which has run the country on an interim basis since January 1992, has promised to disband itself on December 23, 1993. Election cancelled because the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) was about to win it; Transition period leading to elections and return to democratic government; Allegations committee members meeting with FIS; People unimpressed with dead-beat politicians; Details.

Describes how the attempted assassination of Khaled Nezzar, Algeria's minister of defense and the strong-man on the ruling High Council of State, has put to rest any frail remaining hopes of accommodation between the regime and the outlawed Islamic Salvation Front (FIS). FIS seen by the military and middle-class as a plague to be eliminated; FIS set to win election that was cancelled in 1992.

Discusses how one year ago this week the Algerian army stepped in on the election, the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) was banned and a rare experiment in Arab democracy was ignominiously aborted. Details of the High State Council; Army really runs the country.