

World Apr 02

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika stepped down on Tuesday after six weeks of massive nationwide protests aimed at pushing him and his much-criticized inner circle from power to create a real democracy in the gas-rich nation.
By Aomar Ouali, Associated Press
World Apr 01

It's unclear if the stunning move will appease the masses of protesters whose vociferous calls for Bouteflika and his cadre of loyalists to quit have expanded to demand an overhaul of the entire political system.
By Aomar Ouali, Thomas Adamson, Associated Press
World Mar 29

Algerians took to the streets by the millions for the sixth straight Friday of nationwide protests.
By Aomar Ouali, Associated Press
World Mar 14

Algeria has been facing mass protests calling for the nation's president to step down.
By Associated Press
Mar 10

By Associated Press
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has landed at a military airport south of the capital and quickly departed in a convoy after spending two weeks in a Swiss hospital.
Mar 03

By Oamar Ouali, Associated Press
Algeria’s ailing president said Sunday that if he wins a fifth term in April, he would promote political changes that his critics have demanded and call an early presidential election in which he would not run.
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