Abdelaziz Bouteflika
FRANCE - ALGERIA
Algeria's Bouteflika leaves French hospital
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who has been in poor health since suffering a stroke in 2013, left Saturday the French clinic where he has been hospitalised since last…
ALGERIA - FRANCE
Algeria’s President Bouteflika 'hospitalised' in France
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who suffered a stroke last year, has been hospitalised in the Alpine city of Grenoble, French police and government sources said on…
AFRICA NEWS
Mozambique presidential election: 10 million voters head to the polls
Mozambicans head to the polls for a vote analysts say could challenge the ruling Frelimo party, which has governed the nation since 1975. Also, the UN's Ebola Mission Chief…
MEDIAWATCH
The deleted tweets of Manuel Valls
French PM Manuel Valls has discovered to his chagrin that deleting tweets that are no longer convenient has placed them under the spotlight even more! Elsewhere, we look at the…
MEDIAWATCH
Kharkiv mayor assassination attempt
We take a look at some of the buzz surrounding the assassination attempt of the mayor of Ukraine's second-largest city. Also, the media war continues in Ukraine - we bring…
THE INTERVIEW
Todd Shepard, Author of 'The Algerian War and the Remaking of France'
Todd Shepard, an associate professor of history at Johns Hopkins University in the US, has written extensively on modern France and its former colonial empire. He is the author,…
Africa News
A landslide victory for the 'invisible candidate' in Algeria
Algeria votes to keep Abdelaziz Bouteflika as president, but opposition politicians cry foul and say they will not accept the results.
ALGERIA
Bouteflika, the ghost president
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was elected to a fourth presidential term on Friday despite the fact that poor health kept him off the campaign trail.
ALGERIA
Algeria's ailing Bouteflika clinches fourth term amid fraud claims
Algeria’s 77-year-old president Abdelaziz Bouteflika was reelected on Friday for a fourth term despite his frail health, in a vote marred by low turnout and accusations of…
IN THE WORLD PAPERS
¡Gracias, Gabo!
INTERNATIONAL PAPERS - Fri. 18.04.14: International papers continue to focus on the tragic ferry accident in South Korea. Local papers lash out against the captain for being one…
IN THE FRENCH PAPERS
The Socialist rebellion grows
FRENCH PAPERS - Fri. 18.04.14: Manuel Valls is facing a budding revolt within his own Socialist Party over the government's 50-billion-euro budget savings plan. Also,…
MEDIAWATCH
Algerian election: Bouteflika votes in wheelchair
The image that has dominated social media of today's Algerian election is ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika casting his vote in a wheelchair. Derision of the president…
THE DEBATE