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After two decades of autocratic rule, infirm President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced he is not running for a fifth term as protests continued for three consecutive weeks asking for genuine reform to the opaque regime running the oil-rich country. Bouteflika, 82, said elections that were set for April 18 will be postponed, but he did not […]
Infirm Algerian President Bouteflika, who applied to run for a fifth term from a hospital in Geneva, is facing a permanent threat to life, his Swiss doctors told the media. A medical source speaking anonymously told Swiss paper La Tribune that the president is facing a permanent risk of lung infection due to his frail […]
A fifth term for Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika would be viewed as an insult and a mark of contempt (hogra) for the Algerian people, said the Financial Times in a column focusing on the deepening political crisis in the country and growing social woes. Even if, for now, the anger of Algerian people is dormant, […]
The UK’s Financial Times drew bleak prospects for Algeria whose ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika prepares for a fifth term that risks prolonging Algeria’s economic and political crisis. Maintaining Bouteflika, who has been ruling Algeria since 1999, as President “ threatens to prolong the political paralysis in a country facing the monumental challenge of transforming its […]
The succession crisis in Algeria continues to spill ink after former French Ambassador Bernard Bajolet claimed that ailing President Bouteflika is artificially maintained alive. This statement comes as voices with vested interest in the regime are calling for a fifth term for President Bouteflika whose public appearances are a thing of the past. Bajolet who […]
Algeria’s ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika flew to Switzerland for medical treatment in a context where cholera cases were found in the country. The medical trip has been described by angry Algerians on social media as an indication of a lack of trust in Algerian hospitals, which are struggling to contain the outbreak of cholera after […]
A statement from the defense ministry overseen by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced Wednesday the sacking of Menad Nouba, head of the military police (gendarmerie), one week after the dismissal of the chief of internal security. The statement said a decree signed by President Bouteflika appointed Ghali Belekcir in replacement of Nouba. President Bouteflika is country’s […]
Algeria’s ruling FLN party urged ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to run for a fifth term despite his frail health, which made his public appearances a thing of the past. “FLN wants the president to continue his mission he started in 1999, as head of the state,” said FLN Secretary General Djamel Ould Abbes, at a […]
Algeria is in the midst of a new political meltdown, with the sacking of the Prime Minister Abdelmajid Tebboune who was replaced by the regime’s henchman Ahmed Ouyahya. Characterized by opacity, the Algerian regime is facing a new turmoil. Three months after the living-dead President Abdelaziz Bouteflika appointed Tebboune, the latter was dismissed after showing […]
Algeria’s living-dead President Abdelaziz Bouteflika gave an address on the occasion of his country’s Independence Day asking citizens to prepare for tough times ahead as state coffers dwindle. Bouteflika urged the Algerian people to prepare for the pinch of economic reality as the state will cut vital subsidies and increase taxes. The speech clearly revealed […]