Tag: Abdelaziz Bouteflika
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Algeria’s longest-serving president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika is dead
Former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has died at 84, the country’s presidency said on Friday, more than two years after he stepped down under pressure from mass protests and the army. Bouteflika, a veteran of Algeria’s war for independence, had governed the North African country for two decades before his resignation in April 2019 after…
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President resigns few days to end of tenure
Algerian President Bouteflika has resigned, bowing to mass protest, Algeria’s state news agency APS reported on Monday. He will give up his office before his designated end-of-term date on April 28. The decision came after hundreds of people demonstrated in Algiers against Bouteflika’s new government. Protesters carried slogans describing the new cabinet as “a blow…
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BREAKING: Army demands immediate removal of president
The Algerian Army has stepped in to ensure the exit of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika from office. The Chief of Army Staff, Gaed Salah, said in a televised announcement Tuesday that Mr Bouteflika was unfit for office. The army chief urged an immediate adoption of the country’s Article 102, which allows for a president to vacate…
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82-yr-old Algeria president vows to quit early if re-elected
Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika pledged Sunday not to serve a full term if re-elected at April polls after huge protests against the bid to extend his 20 years in power. The ailing leader, who suffered a stroke in 2013, vowed in a letter read out on state television to organise a “national conference” that would…