Bouteflika urges Algerians to the polls, but what of the aging president himself?
Algerians head to the polls Thursday for local elections, and President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is encouraging the nation’s 23 million eligible voters to turn out in droves. They’ll be choosing candidates for 48 provincial assemblies and more than 1,500 communities. Thousands of polling stations are ready, while some in nomadic regions began…
Laureen is the editor of Africa Times