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Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika
21/05/2013 - Algeria - France

Algerian press demand truth on Bouteflika's health

Algerian newspapers on Tuesday denounced a news blackout by the government over the state of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who has been in a French hospital for three weeks.

Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seen at the presidential palace in Algiers, in this file picture taken December 11, 2011.
19/05/2013 - Algeria

Algeria censors daily newspapers over Bouteflika 'coma' claim

Algeria censored reports by two daily newspapers that claimed President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in a Parisian hospital since last month, would be flown home in a coma after his health deteriorated ...

29/04/2013

African press review 29 April 2013

In the African press this morning: the Algerian President is in hospital in Paris; Kenya wins the Confederations of African Rugby Sevens tournament; and questions about a mining company director's ...

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika last year
28/04/2013 - Algeria - France

Algeria's Bouteflika flown to Paris hospital after mini-stroke

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was in a Paris hospital Sunday after suffering a mini-stroke. Ther 76-year-old president is not seriously ill, doctors have told the APS news agency.

Zimbabwe's seized farms doing well, writer
17/04/2013 - African news explained

Zimbabwe's seized farms doing well, writer

Zimbabwe's land reform generated controversy when "war veterans" occupied 4,000 white farms a decade ago. But a new book, Zimbabwe Takes Back Its Land, argues that the land ...

Zuma visits Algeria amid criticism of foreign policy
16/04/2013 - African news explained

Zuma visits Algeria amid criticism of foreign policy

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has arrived in Algeria on the first stop of a tour that will take him to Nigeria and Chad. Zuma and his Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika will ...

20/12/2012 - France - Algeria

Hollande condemns 'unjust and brutal' French colonialism in Algeria

France's President François Hollande called France’s colonial rule of Algeria “unjust and brutal”, speaking to the Algerian parliament on Thursday.

20/12/2012

French press review 20 December 2012

Should Franco-Algerian history be rewritten? Is taxing the rich unfair and illegal? And is the Eu plotting to close down local rail links?

19/12/2012 - Analysis: France - Algeria

Hollande under pressure over France's colonial past on Algeria visit

French President François Hollande started a two-day trip to Algeria on Wednesday.

Rooting out corruption in Algeria
01/12/2012 - African news explained

Rooting out corruption in Algeria

There have been reports in local media that Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's health is ailing. Bouteflika has himself said that he will retire in 2014 after being in power for 15 years.

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