09/11/2019
Five candidates confirmed for Algeria's presidential race
Five candidates, including two former prime ministers under deposed president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, have been selected to run in Algeria's December presidential poll, the country's consitutional council confirmed Saturday. Twenty-three candidates had registered for the election which comes as Algeria has been mired in months of street protests demanding an overhaul of the entire political system. Kamel Feniche -- head of the constitutional council, which validates candidates for the electi ......
