29.07.10 Algeria Focus July issue: Table of contents

Interior and local government minister Dahou Ould Kablia

POLICY FOCUS
> Mustapha Bouteflika's demise brings family closer
> Case of mistaken identity as corruption probe envelops minister's son

POLITICS & SECURITY
> Kablia gets to work on local government shake-up previously delayed under his
predecessor Noureddine 'Yazid' Zerhouni
> Hostage murder reopens Sahel security question
> Suicide bomb in Kabylie region kills night watchman injures eight gendarmes

GEOPOLITICS
> Algeria spends billions on arms imports: Russian helicopters beat US
Apaches
> Table 1: Geopolitics in brief; Bouteflika meets senior Chinese official; Trouble in El-Ayoun
> Berlusconi and Bouteflika to meet in October, but date yet to be fixed says Medelci

ENERGY INDUSTRY
> New regime at Sonatrach but projects still frozen, resumption of business still months away; Confronting the issue of reserves; Financial shock treatment; Deep freeze continues; Future of international activities
> Table 2: New senior management for Sonatrach
> No change to strategy of Sonelgaz bail-outs says new energy and mines minister Youcef Yousfi
> Numhyd advances with plans for drilling of first well towards the end of this year

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
> Procurement changes leave foreign investors at further disadvantage
> Rumblings of discontent as government tightens control over public companies
> Chinese company in trouble with Amar Ghoul
> Algerian banks unblock funding for Egyptian-owned cement plant