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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...
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 votes for president this weekend but with inflation and boycott, few appear to care
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Billboards are strikingly empty. There are few campaign posters. And aside from public television broadcasts showing candidates traveling the country, there are few signs of enthusiasm heading into Algeria’s presidential election this weekend. Prospective...
Algeria courts disenchanted youth as 78-year-old president vies for second term
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A few years after taking to the streets with hundreds of thousands of other Algerians, Kaci Taher says he now feels so disengaged that he won't even vote in the country's presidential elections next month. The 28-year-old from Kabylia is precisely the kind...
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announces reelection campaign
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria's president announced on Thursday that he intends to run for a second term in office, five years after ascending to power as the military and establishment-backed candidate during widespread pro-democracy protests. The 78-year-old political veteran,...
