Algerian court certifies Tebboune's landslide reelection win

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria's constitutional court on Saturday certified the landslide victory of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in last weekend's election after retabulating vote counts that he and his two opponents had called into question. The court said that it had reviewed...

Algeria election results are being questioned by the opposition candidates and the president himself

Algerians expected an uneventful election that would bestow President Abdelmadjid Tebboune a second term. Instead, they got the president himself calling into question the vote count and legal challenges from his opponents alleging fraud. Such a surprising turn of events marks a...

Opposition candidates file court appeal questioning Algerian presidential election outcome

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The two opposition candidates who ran in Algeria's presidential race legally challenged on Tuesday the provisional result while harshly rebuking election officials and disputing the vote count. Islamist Abdellali Hassani Cherif and socialist Youcef Aouchiche...

Algeria's president joins opponents in claiming election irregularities after being named the winner

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — After being declared the winner of Algeria's election, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune joined his two challengers in criticizing the country's election authority for announcing results that contradicted earlier turnout figures and local tallies. The claims of...

President Tebboune and his challengers jointly accuse Algeria’s election authority of discrepancies in reported results

Algeria's 78-year-old president is expected to breeze to a second term in election

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerians voted Saturday in an election to decide whether army-backed President Abdelmadjid Tebboune gets another term in office — five years after pro-democracy protests prompted the military to oust the previous president after two decades in power. ...

Algeria's 78-year-old president is expected to breeze to a second term in Saturday's election

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Polls closed in Algeria on Saturday, where voters were deciding whether to grant army-backed President Abdelmadjid Tebboune another term — five years after pro-democracy protests prompted the military to oust the previous president after two decades in power. ...

Correction: AF--Algeria Election

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — In a story published on Sep. 3, 2024, about Algeria’s president seeking a second term in the gas-rich North African country’s election this weekend, The Associated Press erroneously reported voter turnout figures from past elections. The voter turnout from the 2019...

Gold medal boxer Imane Khelif hailed upon return to Algeria

TIARET, Algeria (AP) — With an outpouring of fans greeting her as she arrived in her hometown on Friday, Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif extolled Algeria for backing its athletes and said she hoped to again make her country proud in the future. The football-obsessed North...

Imane Khelif and Kaylia Nemour return from Olympics to a warm welcome in Algeria

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif returned home to a warm welcome Monday as Algerians rallied around her in the face of international scrutiny and misconceptions about her sex. The Algerian gold medalist in women's welterweight boxing flew back to the...