FORMER ALGERIAN PRESIDENT ABDELAZIZ BOUTEFLIKA IS DEAD AT 84

USPA NEWS - Former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika died on Friday (September 17th) at the age of 84, state television reported.
"Death of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika," said a banner on national television, which quotes a statement from the Presidency of the Republic. Since his spectacular fall in April 2019 under pressure from the army and the street, Mr. Bouteflika had remained holed up in solitude in his nursing home in Zeralda, west of Algiers. His downfall had become inevitable after weeks of massive protests against his desire to run for a fifth five-year term.

Former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika died on Friday (September 17th) at the age of 84, state television reported. "Death of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika," said a banner on national television, which quotes a statement from the Presidency of the Republic. Since his spectacular fall in April 2019 under pressure from the army and the street, Mr. Bouteflika had remained holed up in solitude in his nursing home in Zeralda, west of Algiers. His downfall had become inevitable after weeks of massive protests against his desire to run for a fifth five-year term.Former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika died on Friday (September 17th) at the age of 84, state television reported. "Death of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika," said a banner on national television, which quotes a statement from the Presidency of the Republic. Since his spectacular fall in April 2019 under pressure from the army and the street, Mr. Bouteflika had remained holed up in solitude in his nursing home in Zeralda, west of Algiers. His downfall had become inevitable after weeks of massive protests against his desire to run for a fifth five-year term.