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5 candidates to run in Algeria presidential election next month
Nov 03, 2019 09:00Five candidates will run in Algeria’s presidential election next month, including two former prime ministers, the head of the election authority said on Saturday, amid mass protests rejecting the vote.
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Iranian president urges closer trade ties with Algeria
Oct 27, 2019 07:02President Hassan Rouhani praised bilateral relations between the Islamic Republic and Algeria as very close and age-old and said the two governments should boost their economic cooperation more than ever.
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Algeria court sentences Bouteflika brother to 15 years
Sep 25, 2019 15:41An Algerian military court has sentenced the brother of deposed president Abdelaziz Bouteflika and three co-defendants to 15 years in prison in a swift verdict delivered out of sight of the media.
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Thousands march in Algeria, say no election before elite quits
Sep 14, 2019 06:39Tens of thousands of Algerians have marched in the capital to demand that the rest of the ruling elite follow former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in quitting power before any new election.
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Algeria clashes leave 24 police officers injured
May 15, 2019 15:22At least 24 police officers have been wounded in clashes with protesters rallying against unemployment in central Algeria, state media reported Wednesday.
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On 12th Friday since partial success of uprising, Algerians rally for more
May 11, 2019 04:32Tens of thousands of Algerian protesters have taken to the streets of the capital, Algiers, for the 12th straight Friday to demand the removal of politicians associated with a regime they have partially ousted.
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Bouteflika's brother, two former intelligence chiefs arrested: Report
May 05, 2019 13:01Algerian police have arrested the powerful brother of the North African country’s ousted President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and two former intelligence chiefs, reports say.
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Algeria army chief offers dialogue to protesters
May 02, 2019 07:32Algeria’s chief of military staff has urged protesters to join dialogue with state institutions to find a solution to end the country’s political crisis amid continuing protests against the figures of the former regime.
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5 Algerian billionaires arrested as part of anti-graft investigation
Apr 22, 2019 13:47Five Algerian billionaires, some of them close to former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika who quit over mass protests, have been arrested as part of an anti-graft investigation, state TV says.
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Algerian protests force head of Constitutional Council to resign
Apr 17, 2019 08:10Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across the country to call for the removal of interim President Abdel-Kader Bensalah, after their success in forcing the head of the Constitutional Council to resign.