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Tag: Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Bouteflika’s Fifth Term Haunts Upcoming Algerian Presidential Elections
Algeria has finally announced the holding of presidential elections among indicators that ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika may run for a fifth term. The 81-year-old president ... Read More
Purge of Algeria’s Top Generals Casts Shadow on Regime Opacity
A purge of long serving military officials in Algeria has cast a shadow on an opaque regime where an ailing president braces for a fifth ... Read More
Algeria’s Abdelaziz Bouteflika Fires Two Top Army Generals
Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika last weekend dismissed two powerful army generals, the official news agency APS said. The generals, Said Bey and Lahbib Chentouf, had ... Read More
Algeria: FT Explains Why Business Tycoons Back a Bouteflika 5th Term
The Financial Times has unveiled the reasons behind the support of the corporate barons of the bid of ailing Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika for a ... Read More
Algeria: Paris-based Jeune Afrique Magazine banned
Paris-based and Africa-oriented media Jeune Afrique (JA) has roasted Algerian authorities after local authorities imposed a partial ban on its publications over alleged economy challenges. ... Read More
Algeria’s Ghost President
The failing health of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and the secrecy shrouding his successor continue to raise concern in the national and international press regarding ... Read More
Algeria: Nation Called to Halt Bouteflika’s Intent for Fifth Term
Three well-known public figures including a former top army commander have called Algerians to unite and withstand President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s intention to run for 2019 ... Read More
Algeria: Army rejects opposition’s call to take over to end political crisis
Army commander Ahmed Gaïd Salah Thursday brushed aside calls by the opposition to take control of the country in a bid to end the seemingly ... Read More
Trench Warfare at the Helm of the Algerian Regime
A silent struggle for power is brewing between different interest groups at the top of the Algerian regime ignited by the obvious deteriorating health of ... Read More
Algiers summons Tunisian ambassador over minister’s reference to Algeria as communist state
The Algerian Foreign Ministry Sunday summoned Tunisia’s ambassador to protest recent comments by a Tunisian minister referring to Algeria as “a communist state”. Abdelmajid Ferchichi ... Read More