Algiers, Algeria – AFP Algeria’s Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been re-elected as president, the country’s electoral authority ANIE said Sunday. More than 5.3 million people voted for Tebboune, accounting for “94.65 percent of the vote,” ANIE head Mohamed Charfi told reporters. Tebboune, 78, had been heavily favoured t...
Algiers, Algeria – AFP Less than half of Algeria’s eligible voters cast a ballot in the country’s presidential poll, preliminary figures from electoral authorities showed early Sunday, despite incumbent Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s hopes for a high turnout. Tebboune, 78, is heavily favoured to secure a second term, seeing off...