World & Nation
Algeria’s ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika wins reelection
April 18, 2014
Algeria’s ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika secured a fourth five-year tenure Friday after amassing nearly 82% of votes, according to initial results announced by Interior Minister Tayeb Belaiz.
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is expected to win a fourth term despite widespread discontent and his long illness.
April 17, 2014
Algeria’s powerful army chief said Tuesday he wants to trigger the constitutional process that would declare President Abdelaziz Bouteflika unfit for office, after more than a month of mass protests against the ailing leader’s long rule.
March 26, 2019
Ailing Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to seek fourth term
Feb. 22, 2014
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika quit his job Tuesday after nearly 20 years as ruler of the North African nation, succumbing to weeks of mass protests demanding he step down.
April 2, 2019
CAIRO -- Algeria’s ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika ended months of speculation about his political future by announcing Saturday that he would run for a fourth term in office, Algeria’s state news agency, APS, reported.
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika will resign before the end of his fourth term, state media said Monday, the latest in a series of moves aimed at mollifying millions of Algerians who have protested his rule in recent weeks.
April 1, 2019
Algeria’s president of two decades abandoned his bid for a fifth term Monday following unprecedented protests over his fitness for office, but his simultaneous postponement of an election set for next month had critics worried he intends to hold on to power.
March 11, 2019
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika returned to Algeria on Sunday after two weeks in a Swiss hospital amid massive demonstrations demanding he withdraw his candidacy for a fifth term.
March 10, 2019