Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has stepped down following mounting pressure from the people and the army. "Algeria is an army that has a state….Tunisia is a state with an army” ," Michel Ayari, International Crisis Group North Africa analyst told VOA. ANP- National Army of the People“The army is a real power in Algeria, but the Algerian army is mad up of people. “The [Algerian] army is not only the military or political power it is also an economic power in [the] Algerian political system” explains Kilavuz . I think through the last, I would say ten years, the army [has] - through Gaid Salah - made so many declarations that the army don't want to be involve[d] in politics any more.”

Source: The North Africa Journal April 04, 2019 14:03 UTC