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Algeria says to hold presidential election on April 18

Ersin Çelik
13:05 - 18/01/2019 Cuma
Update: 13:38 - 18/01/2019 Cuma
REUTERS
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seen in Algiers, Algeria.
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seen in Algiers, Algeria.

Algeria will hold a presidential election on April 18, the presidency said on Friday in a statement, but did not say whether veteran leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika would seek a fifth term in office.

Bouteflika, 81, has been in office since 1999 and has rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke in 2013 which bound him to a wheelchair.

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