by Bouallem Ghamrasa | Nov 2, 2014 | Middle East
Algiers, Asharq Al-Awsat—Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika made a rare public appearance on Saturday, leaving the Presidential Palace in Algiers for the first time in almost four months to attend celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the start of...
by Bouallem Ghamrasa | Mar 28, 2014 | Middle East
Algiers, Asharq Al-Awsat—Economic, political and security woes are dominating Algeria’s presidential election campaigning, which kicked off on Sunday amid public calls for a boycott in response to sitting President Abdelaziz Bouteflika seeking an unprecedented fourth...
by Bouallem Ghamrasa | Mar 23, 2014 | Middle East
Algiers, Asharq Al-Awsat—Algerian presidential candidate Abdelaziz Belaid, head of the Front El Moustakbal, says he has no intention of backing out from the forthcoming elections race against sitting president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, scheduled for April 17. Dozens of...
by Bouallem Ghamrasa | Feb 13, 2014 | Middle East
Algiers, Asharq Al-Awsat—Algerian presidential candidate Mohamed Al-Taher has said he expects President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to win a record fourth term in office if he stands in the forthcoming elections scheduled for April 17. But in comments to Asharq Al-Awsat this...
by Bouallem Ghamrasa | Jan 22, 2014 | Middle East
Algiers, Asharq Al-Awsat—The first person to register as a candidate in Algeria’s forthcoming presidential elections, former finance minister Ali Benouari, has ruled out a potential fourth term for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, citing the president’s deteriorating...
