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A man walks past electoral posters of the current Algerian president and candidate in the forthcoming presidential election, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in Ain Ouassara, southwest of Algiers, on April 10, 2014. (REUTERS/Louafi Larbi)

Old Powers in a New Poll

by Nabila Ramdani | Apr 11, 2014 | The Majalla Magazine

Images of a frail old man insisting he is fit to govern will do little to persuade Algerian voters that Abdelaziz Bouteflika is the president to lead them forward into a democratic future. There have been few pictures of the indefatigable 77-year-old over the past few...

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A file photo dated 08 May 2012 shows Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika attending a ceremony to mark the 67th anniversary of the Setif massacre, in Setif, Algeria. (EPA/Mohamed Messara)

Algeria’s Bouteflika to seek fourth term in April

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 23, 2014 | Middle East

Algiers, Reuters—Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the aging independence veteran who suffered a stroke last year, will run in April’s election, the government said on Saturday, in a vote likely to hand him a fourth term in power. Prime Minister...

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File photo of head of the Algerian branch of the Islamic Ennahda Movement, Fatah Rabiai. (AAA)

Algerian Ennahda Chief: Protests ‘Only Way’ to Achieve Demands

by Bouallem Ghamrasa | Mar 16, 2013 | Middle East

Algiers, Asharq Al-Awsat—“The more pressure you exert [on the government], the more rights you will secure” a senior Algerian Islamist told Asharq Al-Awsat. The head of the Algerian branch of the Islamic Ennahda Movement, Fatah Rabiai, emphasized that the urgent...

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A general view of damage caused by a siege by Islamist militants earlier this month at the Tiguentourine Gas Plant in In Amenas. (REUTERS/Louafi Larbi)

Westerners Among Algerian Plant Attack Terrorists

by Al-Sheikh Mohamed | Jan 21, 2013 | Middle East

Nouakchott/ Algiers, Asharq Al-Awsat – A Canadian citizen was the coordinator of the terrorist attack on a gas plant in In Amenas (southeast of Algiers), Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal revealed on Monday. “A Canadian was among the militants. He was...