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/ 19 April 2004

Algeria’s Bouteflika takes oath of office

Newly re-elected Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika took the oath of office on Monday, embarking on a second term that he said will be devoted to the quest for ”true national reconciliation” in war-torn Algeria. The president’s landslide re-election is attributed largely to the ”civil reconciliation” plan he unveiled in 1999.

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/ 7 April 2004

Plot talk on eve of Algerian vote

On the eve of what is shaping up as the most democratic presidential election to date to be held in Algeria, the press and three of the six candidates in the polls on Wednesday accused the incumbent Abdelaziz Bouteflika of plotting to steal the vote. Candidates agree that a first-round victory by Bouteflika would raise suspicions.

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/ 31 March 2004

Algerian election campaign leads to riots

Rioting broke out on Wednesday when Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika took his re-election campaign to this flashpoint city in the restive Kabylie region, homeland of the nation’s Berber minority. Protesters clashed with security forces outside a cultural centre where Bouteflika was holding a campaign rally.

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/ 9 March 2004

Riots rock northern Algeria

Outbreaks of violence that the Algerian press describes as ”riots” by disaffected youth have broken out in the past few days in several northern cities and towns, newspapers reported on Tuesday. Youths are protesting against unemployment, water shortages and an alleged lack of promised development programmes.