VOL. XXXV

NO. 16

20-JANUARY-1992

Algeria

FIS Refuses to Recognize International Agreements Concluded by NewAlgerian Government

It is perhaps still too early to determine the extent to which foreigninvestment prospects in Algeria - particularly in the oil sector (see itembelow) - are liable to be undermined by the current political upheaval in thecountry. But it is an ominous sign that the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS),which built up a more or less unbeatable lead in the first round of the now...