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Algerian ex-PM and former health minister sentenced to 5 years prison time

The African MirrorJune 22, 20231 Min Read

FILE PHOTO: Algeria's newly appointed prime minister, Noureddine Bedoui, speaks during a joint news conference with deputy prime minister Ramtane Lamamra, in Algiers, Algeria March 14, 2019. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

AN Algerian court handed five-year prison sentences to former Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui and former health minister Abdelmalek Boudiaf, along with fines of 1 million Algerian dinars, the state news agency said.

The sentences from the Economic and Financial Penal Court were related to a corruption case.