16/01/2014
Analysis: What next for Algeria after new Bouteflika hospital visit?
By Lamine Chikhi and Patrick Markey ALGIERS/TUNIS (Reuters) - Abdelaziz Bouteflika#39;s second visit to Paris for hospital treatment has reignited speculation the president who oversaw Algeria#39;s emergence from almost a decade of civil war may be unable to run for reelection in April. Bouteflika, a Western ally against militant Islamists in North Africa who suffered a stroke last year, flew to France on Monday for what state news agency APS called a planned check-up, saying his condition was quot;progressivelyquot; improving. He had been scheduled back on Friday, the first day of the election campaign. But Anis Rahmani, a media owner close to Bouteflika, said on Thursday the president...
