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__**Algeria**__
__**Abdelaziz Bouteflika**__ -President and Minister of Primary Defense -Birth: March 2, 1937 -Joined National Liberation Army(ALN) in 1956 -Minister for Foreign Affairs (1963-1978) -Left Algeria in 1983 -Central committee of the National Liberation Font(FLN) -1989 -Elected president- April 15, 1999

__Geography__: -Geographic Coordinates: 28 00 N, 3 00 E -Area: 2,381,741 sq. km -Climate: Coastal areas have a mild climate, hot in the summer and cool and rainy in the winter. On the highland plateaus, summers are hot and dry, and winter are rainy. -Terrain: High plateaus and desserts, few areas with mountains. -Natural Resources: petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc -Second largest country in Africa

__Economy: __
-Hydrocarbons help the country with 60% of budget revenues, 30% of GDP, and more than 95% of export earnings -Eighth-largest gas exporter -Unemployment Rate: 10.2% (2009) -Population below poverty line: 23% (2006) -Public Debt: 20% of GDP (2009)  13% of GDP (2008)

__Population: __ -Population: 34,178,188 (July 2010) -Birth Rate: 16.9 births/1,000 population (2010) -Death Rate: 4.64 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010)

__Social Structure: __ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">-Ethnic Group: 99% Arab-Berber <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"> Less than 1% European <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">-Literacy: Those 15 of age and older can read and write (69.9%) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">-School expectancy: 13 years <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">-People living with HIV/AIDS: 21,000 (2007)

__<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">References: __ //__-Morocco__//: - <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">Union of Arab Maghreb(UMA) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">- to strengthen the economic cooperation among the countries, to help each other with the social and economic issues, and help with foreign affairs and antional defense <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">//__-Libya__//: -Union of Arab Maghreb(UMA) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">- to strengthen the economic cooperation among the countries, to help each other with the social and economic issues, and help with foreign affairs and antional defense- <span style="color: #252525; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">-//__Mali:__// -Joint Military Staff Committee - Help each other fight against terrorism, drug trafficking, and illegal weapons trade -(April 2010) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

__<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Safety and rule of Law: __ - 55.88 -Parliamentary republic

__ Participation and Human rights: __ -44.42

__ Sustainable Economic Opportunity: __ - 59.63

__ Human Development: __ - 73.51

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