Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has secured a fourth term with 81.53 percent of votes, his Interior Minister Tayeb Belaiz announced on Friday. With 12.18 percent of the votes, rival Ali Benflis came in a far second, but he has refused to recognize the Bouteflika’s reelection. When Bouteflika announced last month that he was running for a
In Algeria, A President That Won’t Go Away
Algeria’s incumbent president swept Thursday’s election, taking almost 82 percent of the vote in a country that doesn’t expect any change to come at the hands of the fourth-term president.