Algeria Elects A New President In Controversial Election
Amid huge protests and a boycott, five candidates with links to the Bouteflika regime squared off and former Prime Minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune came out ahead.
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika Says He Will Resign By April 28
Bouteflika has been in power since 1999. Instead of holding an election this month to determine who will succeed the 82-year-old leader, Algeria's government will enter a new "transition" phase.
Algeria's Leader Returns Home As Demonstrators Protest His Bid For A Fifth Term
The youth-led movement is protesting President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for re-election. The 82-year-old leader has been in power since 1999.
Thousands Protest Against Algerian President's Bid For Fifth Term
Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been in power since 1999 and has changed the constitution in order to stay in office multiple terms.
Students Protest Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's Bid For Fifth Term
Demonstrations at universities across the country called on the president of two decades not to run again. Bouteflika has rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke in 2013.