Algerian President Bouteflika resigns, bows to mass protest

Algerian President Bouteflika resigns, bows to mass protest

Posted on April 2, 2019 Authornewsheadline247

Algerian President Bouteflika has resigned, bowing to mass protest, Algeria’s state news agency APS reported on Monday. He will give up his office before his designated end-of-term date on April 28. The decision came after hundreds of people demonstrated in Algiers against Bouteflika’s new government. Protesters carried slogans describing the new cabinet as “a blow

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Ailing Algerian President Bouteflika confirms run for 5th term

Ailing Algerian President Bouteflika confirms run for 5th term

Posted on February 11, 2019 Authornewsheadline247

Ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika declared he will seek a fifth term in April elections in a message published by state media Sunday after he was endorsed by his party and the ruling coalition. The 81-year-old head of state uses a wheelchair and has rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke in 2013. “Of

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Victor Moses hits a brace as Nigeria thrash Algeria

Nigeria’s Super Eagles maintain leadership of their World Cup 2018 qualifying group with a 3-1 emphatic win over Algeria at packed Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, Nigeria, on Saturday.

Victor Moses scored a brace, with a goal in each half. Nigeria’s other goal was scored by captain John Mikel Obi.