Algeria Buries Ex-President Bouteflika Without Honour

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Algeria on Sunday buried Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the North African country’s longest-serving president, at a cemetery for its independence heroes, but without the honours accorded to his predecessors. Bouteflika died on Friday aged 84, after a career which took him from being the world’s youngest foreign minister to one of its oldest heads…

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Two Years After Stepping Down, Ex-Algeria’s President Bouteflika Dies At 84

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has died at 84, the presidency said on Friday, more than two years after he stepped down under pressure from mass protests and the army. Bouteflika, a veteran of Algeria’s war for independence, had ruled the North African country for two decades before his resignation in April…

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