In power since 1999, Abdelaziz Bouteflika suffered a stroke in 2013 that affected his ability to walk and to speak. Despite his poor health condition, the official news agency APS announced that Bouteflika would run for a fifth term in the presidential elections scheduled for April 18. Is it really Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 82, bedridden, who will show up? Many voices have denounced the presidential election of April 18 as a masquerade, since the results are already sealed. In the meantime, the government continues to send out reassuring messages, but the Algerians can no longer be fooled.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 14, 2019 16:30 UTC