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18. Algerian peace campaign kicks off with deaths
Date of source: Thursday, September 2, 1999 to Wednesday, September 8, 1999
Islamist extremists killed four people on the first day of campaigning in Algeria for a peace referendum scheduled for September 16 by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the press said August 28.
13. Algeria’s parliament approves amnesty for rebels
Date of source: Thursday, July 15, 1999 to Wednesday, July 21, 1999
Algeria’s parliament, dominated by pro-government parties, has overwhelmingly approved a draft amnesty law for Islamic rebels designed to end more than seven years of violence, parliamentarians said on July 9. Politicians said around 2,000 Islamist prisoners have been released since July 5 and at...
18. Truce masks Algeria’s real problems
Date of source: Thursday, June 17, 1999 to Wednesday, June 23, 1999
Following seven years of unremitting bloodshed and tens of thousands of lives lost, Algeria’s bloody civil struggle may finally be drawing to a close as the president and the main Islamist opposition group agree to a peace. Whether President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and the Islamic Salvation Front’s (...
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