26/05/2019

Two candidates for Algeria presidential poll: council

Algeria's Constitutional Council said Sunday that two candidates have registered for the country's disputed July 4 presidential election, hours after public radio reported that a deadline had passed without any candidacy. The poll is strongly opposed by protesters who reject any vote held under authorities they say are tarnished by corruption from the rule of ousted leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika. But Algeria's rulers have been determined to hold the ballot on July 4, seeing it as the only wa ......
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