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ABDELAZIZ BOUTEFLIKA

March 27, 2019

In Algeria, the army chief has called for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to be declared unfit to govern, following weeks of mass protests demanding the ailing leader step down after two decades in power.

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  • President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the 82-year-old leader uses a wheelchair and has rarely appeared in public since suffering a stroke in 2013. 

  • However, Bouteflika said last month he would run for a fifth term in office, which triggered a wave of protests that brought hundreds of thousands into the streets.

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