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Algeria

A supporter of the Algerian opposition gestures as she is pushed away by police officers in Algiers. (AFP)

Weak opposition discredits Algeria’s electoral process

Algeria

An Algerian man reads a newspaper at a bus station next to a banner showing the Algerian flag with a portrait of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algiers. (AFP)

Algerian president seeks fifth term in election fraught with many risks

Algeria

A record number of candidates have expressed intent to run for president

Algeria's Bouteflika to seek 5th term

France

People pray at the Grand Mosque of Saint-Denis near Paris. (AFP)

France’s Muslim paradox

Ali Ghediri

Algerian presidential candidate Ali Ghediri leaves after a news conference in Algiers, January 27. (AFP)

Retired Algerian general faces tough road on election trail

Algeria

Nationalist theme. Algerian city employees install national flags and a poster of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on a street in Algiers. (Reuters)

Unconventional presidential candidates shock Algeria’s political establishment

Algeria

Former Algerian Army General Ali Ghediri. (Facebook)

Former Algerian general’s presidential bid defies the rules

General Ali Ghediri

In this file photo from March 2018, former Algerian Prime Minister Ali Benflis talks to the Associated Press in Algiers. Benflis has announced on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019 that he will run for president in next year’s election. (AP)

General’s candidacy unsettles Bouteflika’s plans

Algeria

Algerian city employees install Algerian flags and President's Abdelaziz Bouteflika poster on the streets ahead of the Parliamentary election in Algiers, Algeria April 26, 2017. (Reuters)

Algeria’s leader sets date for vote but uncertainty remains over his own future