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Algerian presidential election scheduled for Dec 12: Interim President
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Algiers (Algeria), Sept 16 (Sputnik/ANI): Algerian presidential election will be held on December 12, the country's interim president, Abdelkader Bensalah, said on Sunday.
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Algeria: Army chief proposes independent body to oversee polls
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Algiers [Algeria], May 21 (ANI): Underlining that the ensuing presidential election will prevent Algeria from "falling into the trap of a constitutional void", the Army chief Lieutenant General Gaid Salah on Monday proposed the formation of an "independent body" to organise and oversee the
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Algeria witnesses first mass protests on Ramadan
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Algiers [Algeria], May 11 (ANI): Thousands of Algerians on Friday took to the streets here on the first Friday of Ramadan, pressing their demands for democratic reforms and ousting of key officials from former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika's regime.
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Algeria Parliament confirms Abdelkader Bensalah as new interim president,
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Algiers [Algeria], Apr 10 (ANI): The Algerian Parliament on Tuesday (local time) confirmed upper house Speaker Abdelkader Bensalah as the interim president of the country, even as thousands of protesters expressed disappointment with the appointment of the 76-year-old key aide of Abdelazi
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Algeria's Parliament to elect interim president on Apr 9
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Algiers [Algeria], Apr 7 (ANI): Algerian lawmakers will meet at the Parliament on April 9 to elect an interim President, days after Abdelaziz Bouteflika stepped down from the post owing to widespread protests which forced the ailing 82-year-old leader to concede power.
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Algerian President Bouteflika steps down
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Algiers [Algeria], Apr 03 (ANI): Ailing Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Tuesday stepped down from his post before his mandate ends on April 28, state media reported on Monday.
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Algerian President Bouteflika set to resign before April 28
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Algiers [Algeria], Apr 1 (ANI): Ailing Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika will step down from his post before his mandate ends on April 28, state media reported on Monday.
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Algerian President to resign this week
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Algiers [Algeria], Apr 1 (ANI): Bowing down to public anger, embattled Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika will step down as the head of the state later this week, say reports.
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Algerian Army Chief demands removal of President Bouteflika
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Algiers [Algeria], Mar 27 (ANI): Algeria's army chief Ahmed Gaid Salah has demanded the removal of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, saying the incapacitated 82-year-old leader should be declared unfit to rule, following weeks of violent demonstrations against him.
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Bouteflika says, 'won’t complete full-term if re-elected President in Apri
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Algiers [Algeria], Mar 4 (ANI): Algeria's ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Sunday vowed that he would not serve a full term if re-elected as President for the fifth time in the upcoming elections scheduled to take place on April 18.
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Massive protests in Algeria against President Bouteflika's election bid
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Algiers [Algeria], Mar 2 (ANI): Thousands of protesters marched across streets of the capital city on Friday objecting President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid to run for Presidential elections, for a fifth term, scheduled to take place on April 18.
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Algeria to hold Presidential polls on April 18
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Algiers [Algeria], Jan 18 (ANI): Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Friday announced that the North African country would go for Presidential elections on April 18, this year, however, without clearing whether the incumbent President will stand for the fifth consecutive term or n
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