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Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika drops bid for fifth term
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has postponed the 18 April presidential elections and said he will not seek a fifth term in office. President Bouteflika's candidacy had provoked mass ...
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Former Algeria President Abdelaziz Bouteflika dies at 84
Former Algeria President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (seated) is pictured after casting his ballot during the parliamentary election in Algiers, Algeria May 4, 2017. [Reuters] Former Algerian President ...
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Algerian presidential candidates slam contradicting vote results
In 2019, Hirak protestors flooded the streets of Algerian cities after then-President Abdelaziz Bouteflika indicated he ...
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Political Instability in Algeria
The decision by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to seek a fifth consecutive term in elections scheduled for April 2019, despite his poor health, sparked the largest political protests in Algeria in ...
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Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algeria’s president from 1999 until 2019, has died at 84, according to the country’s presidency. Bouteflika, Algeria’s longest-serving ruler, was elected in a landslide ...
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Algeria's Aging President is Expected to Breeze to a Second Term in Saturday's Election
was elected in December 2019 after nearly a year of weekly demonstrations demanding the resignation of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika . Their demands were met when Bouteflika resigned that ...
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Algeria's president due for second term in low turnout election
was elected in December 2019 after nearly a year of weekly “Hirak” demonstrations demanding the resignation of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Their demands were met when Bouteflika ...
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Algerian Officials Inaugurate the Largest Mosque in Africa
The structure was originally the brainchild of Algeria’s former president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who hoped the ambitious project would cement his legacy in Algerian history. He planned to name ...
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Algeria inaugurates 'Africa's biggest mosque'
The mosque was the brainchild of the late, ousted President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who was removed following protests in 2019. Bouteflika wanted the mosque to be his legacy, similar to Mosque ...
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Algerians vote in presidential poll as Tebboune eyes easy victory
"It's his main issue." The low turnout in 2019 followed the Hirak pro-democracy protests, which toppled former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika before they were quashed with ramped-up policing and ...
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Algeria and Mauritania inaugurate free trade zone project
However, since the mass protests that ended Abdelaziz Bouteflika's 20 years as president in 2019, the Algerian government has shifted its economic strategies and started moving towards greater co ...