Algeria’s ailing President Abdul Aziz Bouteflika, in power since 1999, will be candidate to his own succession in 2019. The no-news was announced Sunday by the head of Bouteflika’s ruling National Liberation Front Djamel Ould Abbes. Outgoing President Bouteflika will be the party’s candidate at the presidential elections set for April 2019, the FLN Secretary […]
King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, Prince Moulay Rachid, and Prince Moulay Ahmed, chaired a reception Thursday afternoon at the M’diq-Fnideq Prefecture Square (city of M’diq), on the 27th anniversary of the Monarch’s accession to the Throne. At the outset of the ceremony, the King saluted the Moroccan flag while the […]
Violent protests resumed in Algeria’s southwestern city of Tiaret where taps have been dry for days including during Eid celebrations, amid total blackout from local media. First reported by AP, AFP has also zoomed in on the tensions in Tiaret where the population blocked streets and torched tires to express their anger at the government […]
