Algeria’s President Bouteflika withdraws from presidential race

President Bouteflika withdraws from presidential race leaving the window open for younger candidates.

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byAbdulateef Ahmed

September 7, 2025

An Algerian motorist flashes the victory gesture as he holds out a national flag from his car window during a demonstration in the centre of the capital Algiers on March 11, 2019, after President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced his withdrawal from a bid to win another term in office and postponed an April 18 election, following weeks of protests against his candidacy. - Bouteflika, in a message carried by national news agency APS, said the presidential poll would follow a national conference on political and constitutional reform to be drawn up by the end of 2019. (Photo by RYAD KRAMDI / AFP)

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