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Dec
26
2023
By The African Mirror
Algerian President Tebboune urged to run for a second term

Algerian President Tebboune urged to run for a second term

NEWS
ALGERIAN parliament members urged President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to run for a second term, they said. "If Allah gives me enough health," he told them, stopping short of a formal announcement about the presidential election due at the end of 2024. Tebboune was elected in December 2019 for a five-year term and can run for a second and final term, according to the Algerian constitution.
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Jul
16
2021
By The African Mirror
Algeria leader pardons protest movement members

Algeria leader pardons protest movement members

NEWS
ALGERIAN President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has ordered the release of 101 members of a protest movement that forced his predecessor Abdelaziz Bouteflika to step down, the presidency said. Elected in December 2019, Tebboune has vowed to carry out economic and political reforms and urged the opposition to opt for dialogue to maintain stability. Algerians late last year voted a new constitution to give the prime minister and parliament a greater role, despite a low voter turnout after a boycott by a large part of the opposition. Mass protests broke out in February 2019 demanding reforms and the departure of the entire…
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Feb
20
2021
By The African Mirror
Algeria dissolves lower house of parliament

Algeria dissolves lower house of parliament

NEWS
HAMID OULD AHMED ALGERIAN President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has announced the dissolution of the lower house of parliament and called early legislative elections. Addressing the nation on state television, Tebboune announced a government reshuffle in the next 24-48 hours and ordered the release of 60 detainees of a protest movement that forced his predecessor, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, from power in 2019. "I decided to dissolve the assembly and call elections to build a new institution," he said, without giving a date for the elections. The current lawmakers of the lower house had been elected for five years in May 2017, with Bouteflika's…
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Feb
13
2021
By The African Mirror
Algeria’s president returns home

Algeria’s president returns home

NEWS
ALGERIAN President Abdelmadjid Tebboune returned home after hospital treatment in Germany for complications in his foot resulting from a coronavirus infection, state TV has reported. Tebboune, 75, flew to Germany in early January to undergo surgery on his foot. The treatment "was not medically urgent" and should have taken place during Tebboune's previous stay in Germany, the presidency said in a statement in January. Tebboune had stayed in Germany more than two months for treatment for coronavirus before returning home late in December. Algerians have been awaiting the implementation of economic and political reforms he promised after succeeding President Abdelaziz…
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Nov
16
2020
By The African Mirror
Algeria to reimpose restrictions after coronavirus cases rise

Algeria to reimpose restrictions after coronavirus cases rise

COVID-19
ALGERIA  will reimpose restrictions to combat the spread of COVID-19 from November 17, including closing gyms, cultural centres, leisure venues and used car markets, and limiting opening hours for some businesses, the prime minister's office said on Sunday. The new measures are aimed at coping with "the worrying phase that the country is experiencing in terms of the evolution of the epidemiological situation," it said in a statement. Under the restrictions, businesses such as cafes, restaurants, hair salons and toy shops will be ordered to close at 3:00 p.m. The North African country had started easing restrictions in June after…
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