Abdelmadjid Tebboune
14 Sep
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has won a second term with 84.3 percent of the vote in last week's election, final results showed Saturday, down from an initial count contested by his challengers. The preliminary results issued by the North African country's electoral authority ANIE on Sunday gave Tebboune nearly 95 percent support, prompting other candidates…
14 Sep
Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has won a second term with 84.3 percent of the votes in last week's election, according to final results announced Saturday by Omar Belhadj, president of the constitutional court. Preliminary results issued by the North African country's electoral authority ANIE on Sunday gave the incumbent nearly 95 percent of the votes,…
10 Sep
The Islamist candidate who lost out to incumbent Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algeria's presidential election filed an appeal to the Constitutional Court Tuesday, contesting the provisional result of the vote. READ ALSO:Algeria: Tebboune re-elected president for second term Abdelaali Hassani, who heads the moderate Islamist party the Movement of Society for Peace,…
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