Date of source: Tuesday, June 15, 2004
The Algerian Ministry of Religious Affairs and Awqaf carried out an investigation into Christian missionary activities in the tribal area in Eastern Algeria. The investigation found that there is an active network involved in Christian missionary activities that extend outside Algerian lands.
Date of source: Thursday, September 9, 1999
After months of steady improvement, relations between Algeria and Morocco have suddenly soured again as old charges of Moroccan support for Algerian rebels have resurfaced. In the wake of a brutal massacre of 30 people near the village of Bechar August 14 near the Moroccan border, Algerian...
Date of source: Thursday, August 19, 1999 to Wednesday, September 1, 1999
At least 29 people have been killed in the Bechar region of western Algeria, in the worst attack on civilians since the election of President Abdel Aziz Bouteflika four months ago. In a 15 August statement, security officials blamed Islamist militants for the killings in Beni Ounif, saying that the...